Copy context references

[Jeremie0]

Hello everyone,

I've looked everywhere but I can't find any info on how to copy context references from one usecase to another in C#

Any idea ?

[qwerty]

What do you mean by "context references"?

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[Jeremie0]

the actors and systems related to the steps of a scenario

like in the screenshot

[qwerty]

Those are just a summary of elements you find when scanning the connectors collection. So if you create connectors for the copied use case you will automatically find the references.

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[Jeremie0]

i'm sorry i don't get it...

i've created an element and copied the scenario from the source element to the new one

how do you get "actor" and "CS" for example ?

[qwerty]

Have a look at the connectors of the source use case. Just copy these connectors and you will see the Context References as well in the copy.

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[Jeremie0]

i get an error everytime i try to add a connector

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foreach (EA.Connector ct in cts)
                                        {
                                            EA.Element tmp = Repository.GetElementByID(ct.ClientID);
                                                ctstarget = ctstarget.AddNew(tmp.Name, ct.Type);
                                        }
and when i do the following, it works but no context references appear in the scenario

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foreach (EA.Connector ct in cts)
                                        {
                                            EA.Element tmp = Repository.GetElementByID(ct.ClientID);
                                            EA.Connector con = ctstarget.AddNew(tmp.Name, ct.Type);
                                            //con.Update();
                                        }

[qwerty]

As long as you comment the Update you will not create a connector.

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[Jeremie0]

that's precisely where the problem is.

With the update uncommented, everytime i run the addin i get the message
"An extern component encountered an exception"

[qwerty]

Looking at it a bit more precisely you lack to supply the SupplierID. Maybe you should have a look in my Scripting book.

N.B. The awful indentation makes reading your code not an easy task.

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[Jeremie0]

it still creates an exception

[Jeremie0]

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foreach (EA.Connector ct in cts)
                                        {
                                            EA.Element tmp = Repository.GetElementByID(ct.ClientID);
                                            EA.Connector con = ctstarget.AddNew(tmp.Name, ct.Type);
                                             con.SupplierID = ct.SupplierID;
                                                           if (!con.Update())
                                            {
                                                MessageBox.Show(con.GetLastError());
                                            }
                                        }
sorry for the double post

[qwerty]

Your code lacks quite some essentials.

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useCaseOrg = Repository.GetElementByID(orgID);
useCaseCopy = package.Elements.AddNew(useCaseOrg.Name, "UseCase");
useCaseCopy.Update();
for (EA.Connector con in useCaseOrg.connectors) {
  EA.Connector conCopy = useCaseCopy.Connectors.AddNew (con.name, con.type);
  conCopy.supplierID = con.SupplierID;
  conCopy.Update();
}

I wrote this out of my head with no testing. But it should point you in the right direction.

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[Jeremie0]

thanks but that's what i wrote already...

[qwerty]

Too bad I'm not given clairvoyance. So I'm out.

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