Synchronize stereotype

[tzafrir]

Hi,

I would like to simulate the action of synchronizing a stereotype from an Addin.
The action in EA is:
Go to toolbox tab -> choose any stereotype -> click Synchronize StereoType.

Is this action feasible threw the EA API?

Tzafrir

[qwerty]

You could use Repository.SynchProfile (string Profile, string Stereotype)

unless someone threw it away 

q.

[Guillaume]

You can look at Geert's script here:
https://github.com/GeertBellekens/Enterprise-Architect-VBScript-Library/blob/master/Framework/Tools/UML%20Profile/Synchronize%20Steretoypes.vbs

It runs Repository.CustomCommand method on a collection of stereotype.

[qwerty]

Actually Repositor.Synchprofile had been opened to overcome the misuse of the undocumented Repository.CustomCommand.

q.

[tzafrir]

thanks for the help

[Paolo F Cantoni]

Actually Repositor.Synchprofile had been opened to overcome the misuse of the undocumented Repository.CustomCommand.

q.

We're about to use this is a serious way.  As we've been playing with tag inheritance and tag prefixes, we've repeatedly found we need to "Synchronize Stereotype".

We're about to programmatically resynchronise various stereotypes (perhaps, on occasion, all in the profile).  Are there any gotchas anyone can provide (or alternatively confirm that "it works as expected")?

TIA,
Paolo

[Geert Bellekens]

From my experience it does exactly the same as the manual synchronize.

Do keep in mind that the read-only status either through locking or version control will not be respected.

Geert

[Paolo F Cantoni]

From my experience, it does exactly the same as manual synchronisation.

Do keep in mind that the read-only status either through locking or version control will not be respected.

Geert

First (potential) Issue...
I used SynchProfile as a function in a VBScript script checking the return result to see if it failed.

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dim bReturnStatus
bReturnStatus = Repository.SynchProfile("<myProfile>","ZZZZZ<MyStereotype>")
if not bReturnStatus then
Session.Output("Previous SynchProfile - FAILED!!!")
Exit sub
end if
Does SynchProfile return a result?  It seems to return false regardless of whether the Synchronization worked or not.

Paolo