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This blog post is about how to create model documents by using the Sparx Enterprise Architect (EA) API. Model documents are part of EA Virtual Documents and are modeled as child elements of report packages. Therefore the creation of model documents described hereafter requires an existing report package. Of course, report packages can also be created using the Sparx EA […]
When cloning a structure in Sparx Enterprise Architect (EA) as a new version, that contains at least one diagram, every newly created diagram (clone) gets quickly opened and closed again during cloning process. In EA v14.1 build 1429 the EA_OnPostOpenDiagram events can be caught successfully however the EA_OnPostCloseDiagram are not thrown by EA in this case. I figured this out […]
While I was working on a feature for an Enterprise Architect (EA) Add-In I had to get information about the scripts, which are stored in EA. The scripts are stored in table t_script and the information I needed was Name and Language. Both properties reside inside the Notes column. Selecting Notes of table t_script with the following SQL query in […]
To implement a feature for an Enterprise Architect (EA) Add-In I needed to show a dialog to the user, which allows him to select a package. The repository class provides a method called InvokeConstructPicker to do so. It seemed to be pretty simple. It was, but you have to consider a small detail, which I did not do in the […]
I grabbed the task to transfer a Enterprise Architect repository from one MSSQL server to another. Sparx Enterprise Architect ships with an action called “Project Transfer” that supports repository transfer […]
Today’s post will be rather quick. I will show you how a unit/integration test class that can interact with real model data in Sparx Enterprise Architect. Beyond the well known Interop.EA assembly there is another assembly called SparxSystems.Repository that provides the intersting feature to connect to a running EA instance: Services.GetRepository(). We can use this to write unit/integration tests that […]
Sparx Systems Enterprise Architect supports the extension of the built-in search functionality by creating search queries with add-ins called Add-In Search. In this article I show you how to create […]
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