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Release Notes for Enterprise Architect 9 – Beta 1
Warning: This is a BETA release. As such these notes may be incomplete and are subject to change without notice.
- Learning Center – a new way of understanding and using Enterprise Architect
- Hundreds of straight forward guides on using Enterprise Architect
- Accessible through the View/Learning Center main menu
- Close to 20 different categories
- Step by step instructions on doing real work within your model
- Links to numerous examples in a restructured Example model
- Links to commonly used Windows and tasks
- Links to relevant Help topics
- The most detailed guide yet to using the full range of Enterprise Architect’s features and capabilities
- Numerous source code examples which can be linked to the example model
- Hundreds of walk-throughs and getting started guides to help you maximize your Enterprise Architect experience
- Restructured Help file and Example model
- Help file has been considerably restructured
- Help file is more focused on in place reference material
- Example model has been restructured and is being expanded with more examples
- The Learning Center guides, the Help file and the Example model together provide a detailed and unique learning platform
- Team and Project Development
- Gantt chart – manage task allocations, current and future work
- Available from View/Task Allocations main menu
- Visual representation of people allocated to tasks
- Standard Gantt chart format
- Add and manage tasks from the Task Allocations view
- Task Notes and History linked to standard Notes window for read only display of current item
- Send message to Task owner via Model mail facility
- Linked to Project Management/Resource Allocation docked window for easy data entry and modification
- Project Calendar – manage time, resources, events and schedules
- Available from View/Project Calendar main menu
- Detailed support for managing project events, tasking, milestones etc. over time
- Calendar support on a per model basis
- Track and schedule major project events and milestones
- Track and manage resources (people) available
- Track and view resource allocations (tasking) for individual developers/modelers
- Track and view project level tasks
- Personal Information Window – manage personal workflow and responsibilities within a Project
- Model Mail allows sending and receiving mail style notifications within a model
- Embed links to Team Review items, Diagrams and other information within Mail messages
- Send to multiple team members and mail groups
- New Mail notifications enabled on opening a Project
- Task Allocations tab allows viewing and editing all currently allocated work for the current user
- Project Tasks tab allows viewing all Project level tasks owned by the current user
- Workflow tab provides access to any Workflow searches related to the current user
- Working sets tab allows storage and instant retrieval of sets of Diagrams and other model views
- Configure sets based on different work allocations
- Instantly load multiple diagrams to quickly get back up to speed in a particular model domain
- Manage sets
- Sent items tab allows viewing of Model mail sent
- Model Mail allows sending and receiving mail style notifications within a model
- Gantt chart – manage task allocations, current and future work
- Version control and XMI round tripping
- Version Control support now includes checkout of a prior revision
- Allows editing and checking in or previous versions
- Version Control support now allows checking in a model branch while keeping the packages checked out
- XMI export updated to round trip cross package relationships to elements not in the current model.
- Detect references to other packages contained in previous XMI
- Allows updates to shared models when not everyone has access to all referenced packages
- Version Control support now includes checkout of a prior revision
- Modeling support
- SysML 1.2 support
- Support for the SysML 1.2 specification
- BPMN 2
- Support for the BPMN 2.0 modeling notation
- Choreography, Collaboration and Conversation diagrams introduced
- BPEL 2 generation
- BPEL generation upgraded to support BPMN 2.0 processes
- SOMF 2.1
- Support for the SOMF 2.1 modeling notation
- Conceptual, Cloud Computing and Reference Architecture diagrams introduced
- User Interface/win32
- Improved look and feel for user interface diagrams
- User interface diagrams use Windows calls to display dialogs and controls
- Scripts for import and export of dialogs from .RC files
- Gap Analysis matrix
- Risk, Task, Image objects
- Risk element introduced to assist in modeling of risk management
- Task element introduced to assist in modeling of resource allocation
- Image element introduced to make it easier to drop bitmap and metafile images onto diagrams
- Whiteboard technology
- A selection of shapes and lines to allow creation of free-form drawings on whiteboard and hand-drawn diagrams
- Package Browser/Element List can now display tagged values
- Package Browser/Element List uses diagram filters
- Structured scenarios allow listing of objects used under uses field
- Shape scripts extended with method to render part of a connector shape script in fixed size
- SysML 1.2 support
- Diagramming
- Hand drawn mode
- A new way of showing diagrams in a more "relaxed" notational style
- Emulates the types of drawing usually done on whiteboards and on paper
- Less "architectural" and more conceptual in nature
- Easy to turn on and off on a per diagram basis
- Helps to convey an "unfinished" and "experimental" look and feel when doing ad hoc and "what if" style modeling
- Whiteboard mode using combination of Hand Drawn mode and custom shape technology
- Line Crossings
- Extensive support for showing small line jumps when two lines cross
- Can be enabled and disabled on a per user basis
- Hide Connector Stereotypes
- Diagram Filters for connectors
- Support for suppressing and modifying appearance of connectors using Diagram Filters
- Option to use fully qualified element names in diagrams
- Visual Changing of z-order
- Ability to change Z-Order using a convenient pop-up dialog
- Diagram displays Z-Order number for each current element
- Move elements up and down in the Z-Order list
- Essential for working with Win32 style User Interface technology as the Z-Order links to Tab order
- Rectangular notation for actions
- Orthogonal line style for connectors
- Support for easy to manipulate orthogonal lines
- All line segments constrained to vertical or horizontal
- Auto insertion and removal of way points as required during manipulation
- Use standard square or optional rounded corners
- Use from shape scripts and technologies – for example the BPMN Technology
- Also support for dual line orthogonal as used in BPMN technology
- Save diagrams directly to a PDF document
- Hand drawn mode
- User Interface
- Updated properties dialogs for Elements, connectors, attributes and operations
- Significant restructuring of major properties windows
- Uses an easy to navigate tree style format
- Improved general layout and usage of individual property sheets
- Tagged values now divided into separate pages for different named technologies
- Properties implemented in Profiles as tagged values now appear on separate page
- Technologies such as BPMN now have their own "properties" page based on the tagged values for an element
- Significant improvements to the handling of Operations and Operation parameters
- Updated properties window for Analyzer scripts
- Streamlined handling of different target languages
- Added ability to configure scripts as single process execution or batch processes
- Added Simulation support
- Ability to hide the Start Page (click x button top right of main area) – drop menu to re-show as desired
- Ability to Re-Order open diagram tabs as desired
- Ability to close open diagrams (tabs) using the middle mouse button (if available)
- Major restructuring of the main menu to better reflect functional areas
- Addition of Analyzer main menu section for Execution Analysis tools
- Some items moved to Tools menu
- New items in View menu
- Menu shortcuts (eg. Ctrl + N) now visually aligned within menu area
- Ability to find Conveyed Information from information flow in project browser
- Find Association Class from association in project browser
- Find Triggers to Transition in project browser
- New Visual Styles and improvements to pre-existing styles
- XMI export/import divided into two new dialogs:
- Round trip (XMI import/export) dialog to handle full round trip export/import
- Model Publisher dialog to allow export for specific tools and tool suites and other uses
- Both now available under the Project main menu
- New and/or major updated windows
- Execution Analyzer window
- Simulation window
- Test point window
- Learning center
- Gap Analysis matrix window
- Document template designer window
- Calendar
- Task allocations (Gantt chart)
- Personal Information (model mail etc) window
- New and/or updated toolbars
- Workspace toolbar shortened
- Updated properties dialogs for Elements, connectors, attributes and operations
- Reporting
- Added ability to generate HTML from Model and Master documents
- Document Template Designer
- New template designer to facilitate the creation and testing of document (report) templates
- Available from Settings/Document Template Designer main menu
- Quick access to all available templates for editing and copying
- Create new templates
- Quickly generate and view reports from the current edited template
- Set document generate options associated with template
- Speed development and quality of RTF reports
- Added support for including a relationship matrix in documents
- Element Documentation improved with the following new sections added:
- Inherited Attributes – Document the attributes of this Element and those from Elements that it Generalizes
- Inherited Methods – Document the methods of this Element and those from Elements that it Generalizes
- Classifier Instances – Document the Objects that are an Instance of this Element
- Structured Scenario documentation improved with the following new fields
- Join field in Scenario Exception section
- Type field in Structured Scenario section
- Package exclude option now supported for HTML reports. (Was previously only supported for RTF reports)
- Connector documentation in HTML improved with the following section changes
- ’Link Item’ section renamed to 'Link (association) Item’
- New sections 'Link (flow)’ and 'Link (flow) Item’ added
- New sections 'Link (other)’ and 'Link (other) Item’ added
- New fragments supported in all link item sections. #DIRECTION#, #ELEMNAME# and #LINKREF#
- Object documentation in HTML improved with the following new fragments in the 'Body – Object’ template
- #PRIORITY# – Object Priority
- #DIFF# – Object Difficulty
- #LANGUAGE# – Code Generation Language
- #DIAGRAMS# – Lists all diagrams in which the Element appears
- Added Default field to the element section to support property elements Initial value
- Resource Documents extended to support specifying any single element to report
- Generate directly to a PDF document using the same templates
- New scriptable interface to report generation added
- Add individual elements and features to documentation
- Use different templates as needed for any part of the documentation
- Include linked documents
- Include Team Review posts
- Include Diagram images
- Automation
- Added support for Third Party Add-In licensing using EA’s key system
- Allows your users a single place to enter keys
- Add-Ins are called to validate any available keys
- Enterprise Architect manages the availability of the key
- Added support for loading Add-Ins from the HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE section of the registry
- New interface (IDocumentGenerator) added to support tight integration into RTF documentation
- New functions added
- Project.ProjectTransfer – Transfer of a repository into a new .eap file
- Project.GeneratePackageDDL – Generate DDL for package
- Project.GenerateElementDDL – Generate DDL for an Element
- Repository.SynchProfile – Synchronization of tagged values and constraints of a profile stereotype
- Element.CreateAssociationClass – Function to join an Association and a Class into an Association Class
- Element.UnlinkFromAssociation – Function to split an Association Class into an Association and a Class
- Element.IsAssociationClass – Function determine if a Class is part of an Association Class
- New Properties added
- Element.IsComposite – Read/Write property for handling of composite objects
- Element.AssociationClassConnectorID – Read-only property to get connector ID
- Repository.ProjectRoles – Allows access to 'Project Roles’
- Added read-only FQName property to each tagged value type to allow retrieving source profile information
- Supported Classes are: TaggedValue, AttributeTag, MethodTag, ConnectorTag, RoleTag and ParamTag
- New broadcast events added to allow control over the Project Glossary
- EA_OnPreDeleteGlossaryTerm – Allows an add-in to prevent a glossary term from being deleted
- EA_OnPreNewGlossaryTerm – Allows an add-in to prevent a glossary term from being added
- EA_OnPostNewGlossaryTerm – Allows an add-in to post process a newly added glossary term
- Scripting support extended with new Diagram group type
- Scripts in this group are shown in the context menu for diagrams
- Scripting support extended with Session.Input method to allow all scripts a reliable method for getting user input
- Added support for Third Party Add-In licensing using EA’s key system
- Execution Analysis
- Testpoints facility providing programming-by-contract real-time execution analysis
- Similar testing style to xUnit testing but applied on top of executing code
- Does not require writing or compiling additional testing code
- Write, apply and test invariants for evaluation during test runs
- Configure constraints to test on method entry (pre)
- Configure constraints to test on method exit (post)
- Configure trace statements and trace log levels to capture run-time information
- Log results on run
- View results in real-time as program executes
- Addition of Test Case, Test Cut, Test Suite and Test diagrams
- Test Cuts define subsets of class methods
- Test Suites and Test Cases aggregate Test Cuts
- Run tests at any level – a Cut, A Case or a Suite
- New Test Points window to configure and view contents of Test Cuts etc.
- Automatically record and generate Test Domain diagrams from Recorded execution (same as for Sequence diagrams)
- Use the auto-generated Test Cuts to select and configure Test points within your application
- Examples provided in the Learning Center and in the example model
- Array, Element and Expression inspection in Debugging
- Conditional Breakpoints and Trace points
- Model Simulator linked in with execution analyzer
- Simulate Activity diagrams
- Simulate Interaction diagrams
- Simulate State Models
- Learning Center Documentation and Software Examples demonstrating:
- How to configure the Model for Analyzer Scripts for Build,Debug,Test and other tasks
- How to debug Java, Microsoft .NET and Native C++ programs using Analyzer Scripts
- How to record sequence diagrams for the above platforms
- How to use incorporate State Transitions into a sequence diagram (C++)
- How to use the Testpoint facility for the above platforms
- Testpoints facility providing programming-by-contract real-time execution analysis
- Code Engineering
- Modeling of Generics/Templates improved for C#, C++, Java and VB.Net
- Templated Interfaces now supported
- Template Parameter Bindings can now be set on Generalizations, Realizations, Associations and the new Template Binding connector
- Template Parameter Bindings set on connectors now displayed on diagrams
- Template Parameter Bindings and defaults now linked to types existing in the model by GUID
- Reverse Engineering of Associations from Attributes with instantiated template type added
- Association created to either collection or argument depending on which is in the model
- Additional option added to ensure specific classes are always treated as collections during reverse engineering
- Updates for reverse engineering and code templates to support latest versions of languages
- C# 4.0
- VB.Net 10
- PHP 5.3
- Project Browser now allows import of selected files in Package Context menu
- No diagram is required
- More flexible than importing a source directory
- Namespaces are imported as Packages
- Modeling of Generics/Templates improved for C#, C++, Java and VB.Net
- Diagrams
- New Diagram options added that allow:
- Diagrams to look like were hand drawn
- All background and fill colors to be omitted
- Connector stereotypes to be hidden
- Attributes or Operations linked to by a Connector on the diagram to be visible regardless of other visibility options
- Full Namespace Paths to be displayed below Elements from other packages
- Diagram Filters can now be created for connectors
- New Navigation Features for finding Elements related to selected connector added to context menu
- Find Items Conveyed by an Information Flow
- Find Triggers of a Transition
- Find Class part of an Association Class
- Inplace-Editor modified to improve positions of attributes and operations when inserting and changing names
- Inplace-Editor 'Goto Definition…’ command modified for operations to determine if a parameter or operation classifier is wanted instead of requiring selection
- Inplace-Editor support added for Class Parents
- Inplace-Editor now supports pressing Tab to move between portions of the attribute or operation signature
- Inplace-Editor now supports auto-complete for attribute and operation classifiers
- Inplace-Editor improved to handle adding a new name to a Boundary object
- Classifier path display on child diagrams now updated after a name change when model isn’t fully loaded
- Copy Diagram including all Elements will now copy Linked Features to the new Connectors
- Label Position for Object Nodes on Process Elements with a large font improved
- Unsaved line styles will now be preserved when adding or deleting a new Connector using the Inheritance dialog
- Existing elements added to a diagram, with no source diagram specified, will use the default appearance for that element type
- Checks for Diagrams modified by other users improved for MySQL repositories
- Undo of Element deletion from a modified to prevent error on PostgreSQL repositories
- Tree Style connector rendering improved to prevent overdraw of arrowheads when renders are smoothing lines
- Hyperlink Elements to sql and ddl files will now open in internal EA editor
- Link Note to Element Feature displays 'Simple Scenarios’ in the same order as the dialog
- Quicklink from Use Case to Actor no longer creates a directed association
- Rectangle Notation now available for Action Elements and Actors on Sequence Diagrams
- Creation of Elements by dropping text onto a Diagram improved
- Now supports text and note elements, by setting the Notes field instead of the name
- Multi-line text will set the name to the first line, and notes to anything following that
- Opening properties dialog before reload will now show the correct name
- Element gradients modified
- Target color used improved for most background colors
- Gradient direction now defaults to 'Right to Left’
- Drawing of Boundary Elements improved
- Border Width can now be set either in Default Style or using the toolbar provided for Local Style
- Space is always left for the name, even if the Boundary doesn’t have a name
- Alias will now be displayed instead of the name if an alias exists and diagram is set to show alias
- Actors showing notes that fit within the width of the actor will no longer be clipped when saving or copying images
- Object Run-State will now be drawn in a compartment as shown in the UML specification
- Nested Elements showing a qualified name including all parents on the diagram will now be updated when their name changes
- Printing improved when called after a print preview that was zoomed in as far as it would go
- Element icons will now be displayed
- Line widths will now look more like on screen
- Printing of Diagram Legends will now preserve the color and width of line types in legend
- Note links can be set to draw as bezier curves
- Quicklink can be dragged from a Note or Constraint to any kind of connector
- New Text elements are now wider by default
- Diagram deletion modified to prevent error on Sybase repositories
- Assembly connectors display text labels
- New Diagram options added that allow:
- Automation Interface and Add-In Support
- New interface (IDocumentGenerator) added to support tight integration into RTF documentation
- Added support for loading Add-Ins from the HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE section of the registry
- Added support for Third Party Add-In licensing using EA’s key system
- New functions added
- Project.ProjectTransfer – Transfer of a repository into a new .eap file
- Project.GeneratePackageDDL – Generate DDL for package
- Project.GenerateElementDDL – Generate DDL for an Element
- Added helpers to Elements for information that was previously difficult to access
- Element.IsComposite – Read/Write property for handling of composite objects
- Element.AssociationClassConnectorID – Read-only property to get connector ID
- Element.CreateAssociationClass – Function to join an Association and a Class into an Association Class
- Element.UnlinkFromAssociation – Function to split an Association Class into an Association and a Class
- Element.IsAssociationClass – Function determine if a Class is part of an Association Class
- Added read-only FQName property to each tagged value type to allow retrieving source profile information
- Supported Classes are: TaggedValue, AttributeTag, MethodTag, ConnectorTag, RoleTag and ParamTag
- Added function for synchronization of tagged values and constraints of a profile stereotype. (Repository.SynchProfile)
- Package creation updated to ensure that automation object receives the same GUID as is saved to the database
- Transformation functions extended use ExtraOptions parameter to control generation of child packages (Project.TransformPackage only) and code generation on result
- New collection added Repository.ProjectRoles. Allows access to 'Project Roles’
- New broadcast events added to allow control over the Project Glossary
- EA_OnPreDeleteGlossaryTerm – Allows an add-in to prevent a glossary term from being deleted
- EA_OnPreNewGlossaryTerm – Allows an add-in to prevent a glossary term from being added
- EA_OnPostNewGlossaryTerm – Allows an add-in to post process a newly added glossary term
- Repository.GetDiagramByGUID updated to return Diagram object instead of general dispatch object
- Broadcast EA_OnContextItemDoubleClicked otParameter is set correctly when double clicking Port element labels
- Element.Attributes and Element.Methods are now sorted by Position then Name
- Element.Elements.AddNew() improved to handle Load on Demand (Lazy Load)
- Scripting
- Scripting error messages updated to correct script and line number where scripts are being included within others
- Workflow Script timeout increased significantly to prevent issues where workflow is not completely loaded
- Javascript engine updated to correct errors some users were experiencing when ending a Javascript session
- Scripting window toolbar now allows different types of Script Groups to be created from the New Group button
- ’Diagram’ Script Group introduced. Diagram scripts are accessible from the Diagram context menu
- The Scripting window now sorts Script Groups and Script items alphabetically
- Visual Execution Analyzer
- Simulation support added for UML Activity, Interaction and State Machine models
- Application Profiler extended with new report showing list of highest cost functions in addition to the call stack view
- Application Profiler Time format changed to 'HH:MM:SS.ms’
- Native Debugger improved:
- Improved handling of changes to PDB files, including when compiling with incremental linking
- More accurate behavior for Step In and Step Over commands
- Switching between Marker Sets while debugging improved
- Marker Set storage changed to increase number of markers that can be stored
- Call Stack Navigation improved when swapping between different levels
- Call Stack Navigation now allowed after exception during an auto-record session
- Breakpoint support improved to prevent issues that caused an effective limit of 255 breakpoints during a session
- Delete All Breakpoints command modified to display confirmation message before deleting
- Sequence Diagram Generation improved to save the arguments to methods with the calls
- Exception Handling improved to report the correct type of exception being handled
- Recording Threshold option removed from Package Scripts. Option is available globally from Breakpoints window
- Canceling a build process now terminates any descendant processes in addition to the process itself
- RTF Reporting
- New automation access into RTF reporting provide greater control than ever before over your generated documentation
- Element Documentation improved with the following new sections added:
- Inherited Attributes – Document the attributes of this Element and those from Elements that it Generalizes
- Inherited Methods – Document the methods of this Element and those from Elements that it Generalizes
- Classifier Instances – Document the Objects that are an Instance of this Element
- Structured Scenario documentation improved with the following new fields
- Join field in Scenario Exception section
- Type field in Structured Scenario section
- Added Default field to the element section to support property elements Initial value
- Resource Documents now support specifying a single element report
- Table generation improved so that heading rows will be generated when first item in table is filtered out
- Child Package documentation will now increase heading levels appropriately
- Generation of Element Diagram sections will now handle multiple child diagrams
- Heading and List levels for child package documentation will now increase appropriately
- Model Documents and Master Documents containing a Package Element section will now substitute the section
- Bulleted and Numbered lists from notes now be generated with the paragraph spacing specified by the template
- Note generation updated to ensure ampersand generated correctly for all notes
- Field Replacement during report generation modified to allow for a field being the last text in a document
- Don’t honor the Auto size for table columns when importing from a word document
- The TOC is updated correctly when importing and saving documents
- Improved the displaying of images when printing to a PDF printer
- ValueOf fields will attempt to resolve to a value for Tagged Values that are references
- Heading lines are no longer double processed if they warp after the the first style is applied
- Default to Bitmap images when generating RTF documentation under Linux
- Correct Paragraph styles when "Optimize for Open Office" was unchecked
- Stopping writing to the database when the generate dialog was closed
- The TOC is no longer removed when saving a document that has no headings
- Don’t document elements twice when both the "Element" and "Diagram Element" are enabled
- Correct update the template title after a "Save As"
- Changed Element Tests to be sorted by Test Type then Name when generating RTF Report
- Attribute constraints, Attribute Tagged Values now sort by Name
- Connector constraints, Connector Tagged Values now sort by Name
- HTML Reporting
- Added ability to generate HTML from Model and Master documents
- Package exclude option now supported for HTML reports. (Was previously only supported for RTF reports)
- Connector documentation improved with the following section changes
- ’Link Item’ section renamed to 'Link (association) Item’
- New sections 'Link (flow)’ and 'Link (flow) Item’ added
- New sections 'Link (other)’ and 'Link (other) Item’ added
- New fragments supported in all link item sections. #DIRECTION#, #ELEMNAME# and #LINKREF#
- Object documentation improved with the following new fragments in the 'Body – Object’ template
- #PRIORITY# – Object Priority
- #DIFF# – Object Difficulty
- #LANGUAGE# – Code Generation Language
- #DIAGRAMS# – Lists all diagrams in which the Element appears
- Multiple template fragments modified to improve flexibility of generated report
- #PARAMS# – No longer includes '</BR>’ after each Parameter
- #SCOPE# – No longer converts string to lowercase in the 'Body – Object’, 'Content – Attributes Item’ and 'Content – Operations Item’ sections
- #TYPE# – No longer converts string to lowercase in the 'Body – Object’ section
- #ALIAS#, #DEFAULT# and #MULTIPLICITY# – No longer format their output
- Default template changed for the following templates to reflect the changes described above
- ’Content – Attribute Item’
- ’Content – Operations Item Parameters’
- ’Body – Object’
- Hyperlinks to web URLs in note fields modified to ensure they operate in the generated documentation
- Scenario Exception Item template now includes Join field
- Bulleted and Numbered lists will now be spaced to match display in the note editors
- Improved functionality for links to elements and attributes located on a class diagram
- XML Technologies
- XMI 2.1 export updated to ensure valid ids for exported data types
- XMI 2.1 export will no longer write the attribute 'realizingClassifier’ for Realization connectors
- XMI 2.1 import and export modified to round-trip EntryPoint and ExitPoint references as ConnectionPointReference instead of InstanceSpecification
- XMI import from RSA/RSM profile files updated to read meta-class name from new location
- XMI 1.1 updated to improve import of connector stereotypes from other tools
- XMI 1.1 import updated to set the 'Completed’ field in the Issues tab of the Element Maintenance window
- XMI 1.1 exporter updated to export the filename of the Package being exported to the XMI file
- XML Schema generation updated to allow reference of external XSD files using relative file paths
- Generate XML Schema dialog updated to allow viewing single generated schema without selecting it
- XSD import updated to so that extensions can be imported from inside complexContent nodes that also include a comment
- Added support for generating BPEL 2.0 from BPMN 2.0 model
- Added support for round-tripping Analyzer Scripts, Test Points and Break Points
- XSD import handling of duplicate imports improved
- XMI 1.1 handling for 'isActive’ property improved
- Security and Version Control
- Added support for checking out an editable prior revision of a version controlled package. (Previously, prior revision were retrieved as 'read-only’.)
- Version Control Settings dialog now provides an option to suppress warning about incomplete Version Control configurations
- Glossary Management now controlled with new security permission
- Version Control update of parent package, now correctly applies VC settings to child packages that were newly controlled by other users
- Checking-out prior revision of a package whose package file is already checked-out, now shows an error message that includes the XML filename
- Model Stereotypes, Tagged Value types and Cardinalities now viewable without edit permissions
- Workflow support improved
- Added support for blocking of all tagged value edits using CanEditTag
- Disabled controls will no longer be re-enabled after edit elsewhere in dialog
- Automatic Exclusive Edit Locking updated to prevent non-diagram views from becoming locked
- Diagrams which have a current User Lock on them will no longer be checked if the Diagram has been modified by another user
- New Model from Pattern command will no longer allow importing into a Version Control locked package
- Improvements made for specific version control providers
- TFS connection will no longer load entire repository during initialization
- Profiles and Customization
- Basic UML 2 Technology split into Basic and Extended technologies
- BPMN 2.0 support.
- SysML 1.2 support
- SOMF 2.1 support
- MDG Technologies deployed as files or from add-ins now load included images
- MDG Technology Wizard extended to include support for Searches and Workspace Layouts
- Quicklinker modified to allow links to Diagram References and Diagram Frames
- Quicklinker extended to support 'undirected from’ direction
- Profile Synchronization from Toolbox improved
- Shape Scripts on Activity Partition Elements now support the 'partition’ property.
- Returns 'vertical’ or 'horizontal’ depending on user setting
- Custom Diagram types improved to allow a name of 'Collaboration’
- ArchiMate technology updated so that all Elements display a composite decoration
- BPMN 1.1 Data Object updated to improve default size when dropped from Project Browser
- ERD technology updated to improve Data Modeling transformation for multi-valued and composite Attributes
- Code Engineering
- C# 4.0 and VB.Net 10 now supported for code generation and reverse engineering
- C# and VB.Net Automatic properties now supported. Modeled as Attributes with the stereotype of 'property’
- .Net 4.0 binaries reverse engineering capability
- PHP 5.3 reverse engineering capability
- Modeling of Generics/Templates improved for C#, C++, Java and VB.Net
- Templated Interfaces now supported
- Template Parameter Bindings can now be set on Generalizations, Realizations, Associations and the new Template Binding connector
- Template Parameter Bindings set on connectors now displayed on diagrams
- Template Parameter Bindings and defaults now linked to types existing in the model by GUID
- Reverse Engineering of Associations from Attributes with instantiated template type added
- Association created to either collection or argument depending on which is in the model
- Additional option added to ensure specific classes are always treated as collections during reverse engineering
- Import of selected files now possible from Project Browser
- Code Generation and Transform Templates extended to provide access to properties of the Linked Feature of a Connector
- Code Reverse Engineering updated to prevent Class author being changed because a different person reverse engineered it
- Sequence Diagram generation of create messages, delete messages and 'assign to’ improved
- Activity Diagram generation for Call Actions, Create Actions and Destroy Actions improved
- Visual Basic parsing updated to support anonymous modules
- PHP parsing of alternate syntax for conditional statements improved
- C++ inner types will now be imported with the appropriate scope
- Import of C++ and other languages without explicit syntax for parameter direction will no longer overwrite kind in the model during synchronization
- Code Synchronization when 'Require User Lock To Edit’ is enabled will now update elements the user has locked
- Code Synchronization will no longer override parameter direction for languages without explicit direction syntax
- Packages linked to Eclipse will no longer show an error for internal classes or enumerations
- User Interface
- Added option to hide the Start Page
- Added support for re-ordering tabs in main view
- Added support for using middle-click on main view tab to close it
- Added ability to retrieve view history using Ctrl+Tab
- Added button on note windows to open Linked Document for current Element
- Added Links page to Properties dialog for Maintenance Elements
- Spell checking improved
- Spelling options dialog has been added
- Now possible to select from installed dictionaries
- Glossary terms now automatically added to user custom dictionary to prevent them being shown as spelling error
- MDG Technologies dialog given updated Visual Style
- Hyperlinks to files can now be specified using EA’s Local Path mechanism
- RTF Document, RTF Template and Team Review editors have been themed to match EA’s visual style
- Relationships window will no longer set the dropped Element as active after dropping
- View Title Bar updated to show more information about current view for many non-diagram views
- Additional Visual Styles provided
- System Output window modified to allow Ctrl+End or Escape to clear selection and allow automatic scrolling for new items
- The following dialogs have been modified to support resizing:
- HTML Template Editor dialog
- Create Association Class dialog
- MDG Technologies dialog
- Information Items Conveyed dialog
- MDG Technologies: Advanced dialog
- Select Database Objects to Import dialog
- Image Manager dialog
- Visible Toolbox Pages dialog
- Shape Script Editor
- Project Statistics dialog
- Glossary term mouse-over text from Note Editor now includes the category
- Glossary dialog updated to initially sort by Type followed by Term
- State Table updated with keyboard shortcuts for manipulating Legends
- ’I’ – Inserts 'I’ (Ignore) to Transition cell without an existing Transition
- ’N’ – Inserts 'N’ (Never Happen) to Transition cell without an existing Transition
- ’Delete’ – Deletes any existing legend string (’I’ or 'N’) from the Transition cell
- Element Browser now support dropping items from the Relationships group onto a diagram to insert the target Element
- Resources window modified to unload existing resources if loading another project failed
- Attribute and Operation properties dialogs updated to enable saving after changing the type classifier
- Change Element Type command updated to include 'Signal’ in the list of target types
- Toolbar icons updated to prevent issues where incorrect icons would be shown for some commands
- Source Code Editor
- Context menu restructured to prioritize most important commands
- Added command to link current method to a use case to context menu when inside a method
- Scope Guides can now be turned on or off from the editor configuration dialog
- Structure Tree updated to group C++ method implementations into class nodes
- Copy of code from source editor will now preserve syntax highlighting for applications that support pasting from RTF
- Improvements to display
- Syntax highlighting support for lua and css files added
- The highlight color for selected text can now be configured
- Default monospace font for Windows Vista and Windows 7 changed to 'Consolas’
- Line height is no longer affected by modifying the font size of tooltips
- Inline comment documentation keywords now highlighted with their own style
- Editor Toolbar updated
- New button to include navigation to Syntax Highlighting, Code Editor, Code Engineering and Code Editor Keybinding options
- New command added to commands menu to Open Containing Folder
- Code Templates button icon updated
- Source Files can now be saved without an Enterprise Architect project open
- Edit Style dialog now displays fonts in the Other Font combo box using their corresponding font face
- Edit List Property dialog now displays correct title
- Source code editor intellisense now correctly ignores logical ANDs (&&) when searching back for type declarations
- Improvements to Find/Replace dialog
- The Find/Replace dialog will no longer change focus when it is used
- Recent search and replace term history can be accessed through the relevant drop down list fields
- Regular expressions may now be used
- The Find/Replace will no longer be dismissed when navigating between source code editors
- Source code intellisense now recognizes the super keyword when performing type lookups
- Context menu restructured to prioritize most important commands
- Data Modeling
- SQLite added as a supported database for both ODBC import and DDL generation
- SQL Server import now supports filtering on schema
- SQL Server import improved to allow import of table comments
- SQL Server 2000 import of functions improved to include definitions
- Generation of Oracle Foreign Key Statements improved to ensure correct ordering of delete rules and constraints
- Generation of Oracle Triggers updated to generate 'SHOW ERRORS’ command in the correct location
- Generation of Oracle Sequences updated to provide option to control if a prefix or suffix is added to the name
- Generation of SQL Server Default Constraints improved to generate wrapping characters around column names
- Generation of SQL Server Default Constraints will no longer generate duplicate constraints when the constraint is the first method in the table
- Sybase ASA datatypes handling improved
- Maximum length for several datatypes updated
- Columns using with datatype of int, smallint or tinyint can now use the Auto Number property
- Synchronization of procedure and function parameters during ODBC Import modified to prevent primary key violation
- ODBC Import updated to save Association name for Foreign Keys during creation
- ODBC Import updated to ensure all column details are visible on open diagrams immediately after import
- ODBC Import from Access 2000 databases will now prompt users to switch to Jet 4 if they are not already using it
- ODBC Import from MySQL updated to handle indexes that specify the data structure used with a USING constraint
- ODBC Import from SQL Server updated so that columns added to a table are from the correct schema
- ODBC Import from Oracle updated to ensure all Check Constraints are imported
- Oracle DDL Generation of Constraints modified to ensure referential integrity is generated before constraint state
- Oracle DDL Generation of Triggers modified to ensure show error statement generated to the correct position
- SQL Server DDL Generation of Default Constraints modified to prevent duplication of the constraint when they were generated first
- SQL Server DDL Generation of Default Constraints improved to generate surrounding characters around column names if specified
- Sybase ASE modeling improved to allow for Autonumber property on int, smallint and tinyint
- DDL Transformation modified to set nullability of foreign key columns based on if either end of the relationship allows a multiplicity of zero.
- Also allows the nullability to be overridden by the template
- ERD to Data Modeling Transformation updated to improve handling of reflexive relationships
- Other Changes
- Performance of Generalization Set handling improved for large models
- Model Views window updated to find the currently selected package for searches within a package
- Adding composite elements to an element on a diagram updated to ensure diagram added to the correct element
- Rename of a Signal element changed to update Sequence Messages referencing that Signal
- Diagram Legends will now draw line colors when saving a diagram as a metafile
- Shape scripted connectors with multiple segments will now preserve the line style for all segments
- Exposed Interface selection dialog modified to support multiple interfaces with the same name
- Japanese Version will now display Toolboxes correctly when using a Non-Japanese version of Windows
- Package Comparison improved to include Constraint Type when matching Element Constraints
- PostgreSQL repository undoing deletion of object from a diagram improved
- SQL Server repository Unicode handling improved for characters outside default Windows code page
- The code editor configuration dialog now includes the option for displaying scope guides
- Performance of creating and deleting instances with many embedded elements has been improved
- Audit View
- View of deleted items can now be sorted by Element type or user who deleted it
- Added option for opening element properties from audit list context menu
- List of auditing changes now sorted alphabetically
- Display of changes to formatted notes improved
- Package Browser and Element List
- List of Elements in a Package renamed to Package Browser. Diagram as a list retains name of Element List
- Filtering of contents using Diagram Filters now supported
- Added new Filter Bar to both lists
- Toggle display using button on toolbar or option in context menu on column headers
- Enter text in any of the search boxes to show only rows containing that text in the specified column
- Display of Tagged Values for both lists added
- Add a new column using context menu on header or dropping a tag from Tagged Values window
- Remove a column using context menu on header
- Navigation between packages in Package Browser improved:
- Alt + Up to navigate to parent package
- Alt + Down to navigate to selected package
- Button added to toolbar to navigate to parent package
- Drag and Drop to Project Browser from Package Browser added to allow moving elements between Packages
- Group Box for Package Browser now disabled instead of hidden when displaying hierarchy mode
- Both views now use the scroll speed specified in Windows options
- Searches
- Added new Filter Bar to both lists
- Toggle display using option in context menu on column headers
- Enter text in any of the search boxes to show only rows containing that text in the specified column
- Search view now uses the scroll speed specified in Windows options
- Query Builder searches using fields stored as integers in the database improved
- Search combo box in Model Search window modified to display translated names for built-in Searches
- Added Resolved By field on Defects to Query Builder
- Defect Search now also searches on Resolved By field
- Added new Filter Bar to both lists
- Structured Scenarios
- Auto-Complete in structured scenario editor improved when using space to accept selected word
- Prevented situation where one alternate path could have two distinct joining steps
- Test case generation modified to update connector lists for current Element
- Activity and State Diagram generation modified to re-use elements for alternate path instead of recreating them
- Activity and State Diagram generation modified increase left margin
- Sequence Diagram generation modified to only include step numbers if 'Show Sequence Numbering’ is disabled
- Linking Step to a Use Case when editing from initial creation updated to ensure link is created on correct step
- Highlight of glossary terms and referenced elements improved in situations where one is a substring of another
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