I'm thinking of creating a custom URL to EA-elements and create a small application using the EA Automation Interface that can interpret the URL, start EA (if not started yet) and open the requested diagram in the URL.
I picked up this idea from DOORS. Since DOORS 8.? you can copy an URL from a requirement in DOORS and paste it in any application.
An example of a DOORS requirement URL is:
doors://MyServer:<portnumber>/?version=1,prodID=0,dbid=4180f34821e41e1a,container=00002d40,object=128,view=00000001
The EA URL for an element or diagram could be something like: ea://<connection string/?project=..., diagram=..., element=....
In the registry you can add the custom URL 'ea' and point it to for instance "c:\MyEaInterface.exe"
MyEaInterface.exe will then start EA (if not started yet) and open the diagram.
In EA I need to create something so you can easily compose and copy the URL of the current element or diagram to the clipboard. Is it possible to add an item 'Copy URL' under the right mouse-click?
The advantage of this solution is that you can add URL's to EA-elements in any application, for instance DOORS and MS/Word.
I'm not really a software engineer so any help on how to accomplish this would be greatly appreciated.
Thnx,
Coen.
