Turning off MDG does not turn it off

[qwerty]

Another strangeness happens when I turn off MDGs. I have a few located in a directory which I announced EA via the Advanced button in the MDG settings. EA finds these MDGs and usually I select them in the enabled MDGs list. But now I turned them off completely. But EA did not seem to care. It still offers me everything from the MDGs. All elements have their stereotyped behavior. All diagram types show the toolbox. Though new diagrams can no longer be created from the disabled MDGs (at least that). Anyone with a good explanation except for "another EA weirdness"?

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[Modesto Vega]

Are those MDGs actually used in your repository/project? If they are the behaviour you described makes sense, but it they aren't it sounds like a bug.

[qwerty]

Well, I do have modeled almost anything with the MDG. But turning the MDG should mean they would all fall back to stupid non-behavioural stereotyped elements. No MDG->no toolbox, etc. But that's not the case. EA seems to read the MDG anyways. I guess this is a bug.

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[Paolo F Cantoni]

Well, I do have modelled almost anything with the MDG. But turning the MDG off should mean they would all fall back to stupid non-behavioural stereotyped elements. No MDG->no toolbox, etc. But that's not the case. EA seems to read the MDG anyways. I guess this is a bug.

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I think this is "by design".  From memory, it has to do with supporting previously created items.


I agree with q, if you turn off the MDG it shouldn't be used.  If necessary there should be two settings:  Deprecated, stops you from creating new items, but supports existing.  Disabled, does not support existing and no new items.

Paolo

[qwerty]

Just "for fun" I removed the path in Advanced. That *really* turned the MDGs off. Bugs everywhere :-(

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