Script to export elements and model structure in Powerpoint

[tjlindsay]

Hi,

I am in the process of developing my Firm's business architecture using EA Sparx as my modelling tool.  To get my message of the enterprise across to the business community, Powerpoint is the medium deemed most appropriate.  I've tried using the export to PowerPoint http://community.sparxsystems.com/community-resources/752-eatopowerpointtool.  It doesn't quite fulfill my requirement.

Instead is there a way to script EA Sparx to output a package containing a model and related model elements into PowerPoint, with each EA Sparx element being represented as a rectangles?  Something similiar to the eapowerpointtool but instead of the static image, I would like all model elements arranged in the same way as represented by my EA Sparx model.  The idea being to use PowerPoints slide show animation to present the information back to the business.

I'd appreciate any help, guidance or pointers,

Many thanks in advance,

TJ.

[qwerty]

Start learning the API, program it and you might have a market. Or ask the guys that published the exporter you mentioned.

q.

[Eve]

If I understand you correctly, it won't be easy.

You can save the image for a diagram via the API. But you can't save how an element appears on a diagram as an image.

The closest that exists is a relatively new function that allows EA to save an image map and cached image for all diagrams in the model. You could theoretically use that to cut up the image generated into individual images and import them into a powerpoint slide.

[RoyC]

I'm not sure I have the right idea about what you need either, but if you avoid PowerPoint and stay within EA, would the Diagram Slide Show feature in Model Views be of any use to you?

http://sparxsystems.com/enterprise_architect_user_guide/13.0/model_navigation/diagram_slideshow.html