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View Full Text p:easy is a very cool gadget for making real cool interactive demostrations with normal or huge multitouch devices. But of course I had some PowerPoint stuff already.
So as a tool maker – I thought there must be a possibility…
And I developed a VSTO Extension to PowerPoint. If you want to get it – contact us sales@lieberlieber.com
Here a screenshot:
Scripting EA is a powerful feature. So it is possible to define VBScript, JScript, JavaScript within EA to use the EA capabilities or any other combination of your interest. Scripts are available as Search, Project Browser, Diagram or Workflow Scripts – meaning that they are startable within a short cut in that context.
I just wanted to show a result of a database query from an account-oriented datasource from the administration of Connecting Software – so i implemented a Search Script.
The result is as expected:
and here is the source code:
1: option explicit
2:
3: !INC Local Scripts.EAConstants-VBScript
4:
5: '
6: ' Script Name: SearchAccounts
7: ' Author: Peter Lieber
8: ' Purpose: Demonstration of database access to Connecting Software Administration
9: ' Date: 24-04-2013
10: '
11:
12: dim SEARCH_SPECIFICATION
13: SEARCH_SPECIFICATION = "<ReportViewData>" &_
14: "<Fields>" &_
15: "<Field name=""CLASSGUID""/>" &_
16: "<Field name=""CLASSTYPE"" />" &_
17: "<Field name=""ID"" />" &_
18: "<Field name=""AccountName"" />" &_
19: "</Fields>" &_
20: "<Rows/>" &_
21: "</ReportViewData>"
22:
23: '
24: ' Search Script main function
25: '
26: sub OnSearchAccounts()
27:
28: ' Create a DOM object to represent the search tree
29: dim xmlDOM
30: set xmlDOM = CreateObject( "MSXML2.DOMDocument.4.0" )
31: xmlDOM.validateOnParse = false
32: xmlDOM.async = false
33:
34:
35: ' Load the search template
36: if xmlDOM.loadXML( SEARCH_SPECIFICATION ) = true then
37:
38: dim rowsNode
39: set rowsNode = xmlDOM.selectSingleNode( "//ReportViewData//Rows" )
40:
41: dim myConn
42: Set MyConn = CreateObject("ADODB.Connection")
43: dim MdbFilePath
44: MdbFilePath = "c:\\temp\\test.mdb"
45: MyConn.Open "DRIVER={Media Gateway ODBC Driver};” &_
UID=administrator;ACC=ACCOUNT_ADMINISTRATION;” &_
IMPL=CORBA;PORT=8087;HOST=localhost;PWD=whatasecret;"
46:
47: dim SQL_query
48: SQL_query = "select * from Accounts"
49:
50: dim RS
51: Set RS = MyConn.Execute(SQL_query)
52: WHILE NOT RS.EOF
53:
54: AddRow xmlDOM, rowsNode, "", RS("ID"), _
55: RS("AccountName")
56: RS.MoveNext
57: WEND
58:
59: ' Fill the Model Search window with the results
60: Repository.RunModelSearch "", "", "", xmlDOM.xml
61:
62: else
63: Session.Prompt "Failed to load search xml", promptOK
64: end if
65: end sub
66:
67: '
71: ' Adds an entry to the xml row node 'rowsNode'
72: '
73: sub AddRow( xmlDOM, rowsNode, elementGUID, elementName, comments )
74:
75: ' Create a Row node
76: dim row
77: set row = xmlDOM.createElement( "Row" )
78:
79: ' Add the Model Search row data to the DOM
80: AddField xmlDOM, row, "CLASSGUID", elementGUID
81: AddField xmlDOM, row, "CLASSTYPE", "Class"
82: AddField xmlDOM, row, "Name", elementName
83: AddField xmlDOM, row, "Comments", comments
84:
85: ' Append the newly created row node to the rows node
86: rowsNode.appendChild( row )
87:
88: end sub
89:
90: '
91: ' Adds an Element to the DOM called Field which makes up the Row data for the Model Search window.
92: ' <Field name "" value ""/>
93: '
94: sub AddField( xmlDOM, row, name, value )
95:
96: dim fieldNode
97: set fieldNode = xmlDOM.createElement( "Field" )
98:
99: ' Create first attribute for the name
100: dim nameAttribute
101: set nameAttribute = xmlDOM.createAttribute( "name" )
102: nameAttribute.value = name
103: fieldNode.attributes.setNamedItem( nameAttribute )
104:
105: ' Create second attribute for the value
106: dim valueAttribute
107: set valueAttribute = xmlDOM.createAttribute( "value" )
108: valueAttribute.value = value
109: fieldNode.attributes.setNamedItem( valueAttribute )
110:
111: ' Append the fieldNode
112: row.appendChild( fieldNode )
113:
114: end sub
115:
116: OnSearchAccounts()
Auf Futurezone.at gibt heute Redakteur David Kotrba einen umfassenden Einblick von seinem Besuch beim LieberLieber Device Day bei Microsoft Österreich, der am 8. April stattfand. Der Text beginnt ja schon sehr vielversprechend: “In den ultramodernen Räumlichkeiten des LieberLieber-Partners Microsoft Österreich wurden deshalb verschiedene Geräte präsentiert, die mit technischen Innovationen aufwarten”….
Lesen Sie den Bericht vom LieberLieber Device Day unter: http://futurezone.at/future/15235-einblicke-in-die-multitouch-zukunft.php
One of our customers from a major carinthian city is using AForms2Web and a public available webservice http://www.amtsweg.gv.at/amtsweg_apf/services/transfer?wsdl. This Webservice are written in Java and it is sometimes a little bit difficult to access a Java Webservice from C#. First of all you have to use WSDL.EXE to get a corresponding C# class/file. But now the question was – how to add the required security header – and here we go:
[SNIP]
const string ns =
"http://docs.oasis-open.org/wss/2004/01/oasis-200401-wss-wssecurity-secext-1.0.xsd";
XmlElement xmlUserToken =
XDoc.CreateElement("sec", "UsernameToken", ns); XmlElement username =
XDoc.CreateElement("sec", "Username", ns); username.InnerText =
soapUser; xmlUserToken.AppendChild(username); XmlElement password =
XDoc.CreateElement("sec", "Password", ns); password.InnerText =
soapPwd;
xmlUserToken.AppendChild(password);
request.Headers.RemoveAt(0);
request.Headers.Insert(0, MessageHeader.CreateHeader("Security", ns, xmlUserToken));
[SNIP END]
LieberLieber is proud to announce a new and free Enterprise Architect plug-in called EnArValidationRules essential for all EA users who want to validate their models with individual and customizable validation rules. In addition, it provides the possibility to auto-correct occurred errors and warnings due to the predefined validation rules.
Key features:
As depicted in the screenshot, we have defined different rules for demonstration purposes. For example, the total account of elements for each package or diagram is limited to a certain number. Furthermore, it is only allowed to use instances of classes within a sequence diagram. And each element has to realize at least one requirement or test case. Of course, these rules can be adopted and extended.
You can download this free plug-in here.
If you are interested in more rules for your modeling projects, do not hesitate to contact sales(at)lieberlieber(dot)com.
We contributed two webinars to the free ICC Virtual Conference that has its focus on software and tools for embedded systems development. Horst Kargl of Sparx Systems talks about how to introduce modeling into a company. When you think about using models in a broader way in your company you have to consider a few points which will increase the acceptance of this change. First, make it as easy as it could be. Second, don’t start to big and test it before. This webinar gives you insights how to introduce and customize the modeling tool Enterprise Architect.
The second webinar was recorded by Oliver Alt from LieberLieber. He talks about “Enterprise Architect, AUTOSAR and ISO26262” and gives an overview about the possibilities of using Sparx Systems Enterprise Architect in development of automotive systems and software. Furthermore the webinar shows the available extensions and solutions form LieberLieber.
Take a few minutes and have a look: http://www.iccmedia-vcon.com/conference/software-development-rtos
The first release of LieberLieber’s EnAr Power Tools provides the possibility to efficiently handle the style of your connectors inside your Enterprise Architect models.
Just right-click a diagram and select [Extensions –> EnAr Power Tools –> EnAr Connection Style Wizard] as depicted in the following screenshot.
You can apply different layout styles for all diagram links at the same time – a feature which will save a lot of time when creating models. In addition, you can also select a color to apply on your connectors.
If you only want to apply a style type for a specific diagram link, you can easily select a connector type e.g, association in a class diagram, in a drop-down box.
If you like EnAr Power Tools and want to purchase it, please visit our homepage: http://www.lieberlieber.com/model-engineering/enar-power-tools/
