Add-in: automatically add direction mark to Associations

With this Add-in, when you create a new Association connector and set its name, a reading direction mark (black triangle) is automatically added. (the direction is connector's source to target.)

To enable this Add-in, follow the steps:

 

1. Unzip the attached file.

2. Run EAAddinSetup.bat file. If you run on Windows Vista or Windows 7, please run the bat file as Administrator (right-click the file and run as Administrator).

3. Run Enterprise Architect.

4. Create an Assocation.

5. Double-click the Assocation and set its name.

6. The add-in works on the background automatically, and the reading direction mark will be added automatically.

 

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About the Author

Takeshi Kouno

Takeshi Kouno

Sparx Systems Japan (Chief Executive Officer)
Sparx Systems Japan develops RaQuest and ARCSeeker which are Add-in products of Enterprise Architect. For more detail, visit https://www.sparxsystems.jp/en/ .

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Comments

  • Hello, What kind of the event did you used to do this functionality ? Is it possible to publish any source code ? Best Regards, Adam

    by adam baj on Mon, 28/02/2011 - 05:26.

    • I am sorry not to approve your commments for a long time. I did not realize the comments. (Even if I set the notification emails, I never receive them. I will re-check the setting again.) And I am sorry but now I can not publish the source because the source is very dirty and no comments. I will arrange the source for publish in the future. I use two events, EA_OnPostNewConnector and EA_OnNotifyContextItemModified. EA_OnPostNewConnector: To show the direction mark, I need the DiagramLink data in t_diagramlinks. So I call Diagram.DiagramLinks.AddNew here. (may not necessary) EA_OnNotifyContextItemModified: When this event is called for a Connector, the connector may have a name. If the connector has name, I change the DiagramLink.Geometry property to show the direction mark. Hope this information helps you.

      by Takeshi Kouno on Thu, 17/03/2011 - 10:19.

      • Sorry, not easy to read my comment because all blanks and carriage returns are removed...

        by Takeshi Kouno on Thu, 17/03/2011 - 10:20.

  • Hi, Is it possible to make available the source code of this Add Direction Add in ? Thanks, Best regards, Adam

    by adam baj on Sat, 26/02/2011 - 19:41.

  • Hi I am new to EA. Can you please tell me the use of this Addin. Thanks, Lakshmikanth

    by lakshmikanth on Sat, 13/11/2010 - 03:19.

    • I am sorry not to approve your comment. I didn't realize it. I will update the installation steps and add a screenshot. I hope you could understand what this add-in can do.

      by Takeshi Kouno on Fri, 04/02/2011 - 15:15.

  • Hi, Takeshi for clarity it might help to provide some information: 1) provide a screenshot showing what this add-in does e.g. is it the reading direction marker that is added? 2) identify what the batch file/executable does/modifies in the user's EA setup - always a worry, particularly if you then want to remove the add-in and, if something isn't working, to know what is placed where helps. I'm certainly interested if this provides a way of setting the reading direction of a relationship as this is something I'd like to be able to add to the one for the TRAK enterprise architecture framework. Thanks. Nic

    by Nic Plum on Wed, 08/09/2010 - 17:56.

    • I am very sorry that I didn't realize your comment. Yesterday the community person told me that your comment (and all other comments) are not approved. 1) I will add the screenshot and update later. 2) the add-in adds the reading direction mark when a connector name is changed at the first time. After the addition, the add-in does not work any longer. No problem to remove the add-in, the added reading direction marks are still there.

      by Takeshi Kouno on Fri, 04/02/2011 - 15:13.