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Ah – this is a tricky problem.
As you correctly observe, in your example, the results are ambiguous.
This is exactly why we developed the ‘Relationship Table’ idea.
In this case, you specify the relationships you want to navigate just once, then print attributes of the elements (& connector) which result. It’s not as neat as how you might create the table manually, but we had a really good attempt to produce the more complex table that would be the perfect solution, and it was really hard to understand – hard for us, problably very hard for most users. Above all, we want to keep eaDocX as simple as possible.
Rather than explain it again, have a look in the eaDocX help under Relationship table: it’s quite a full description of the problem & solution. If that doesn’t explain it, re-post, and I’ll think about adding more to the help.eadocX SupportParticipantOfficially, the 3.x version is still in Beta, so is only available to customer, not to trial users.
All you have to do is buy eaDocX 🙂eadocX SupportParticipantAdded 3.0.2.03, which has an additional trace point.
If you can re-create the problem, with full trace switched-on, then send the results to support@eadocx.com , i’ll have a look.eadocX SupportParticipantI think may be added by the EA UI – the EA API only provides the 1…n digits for alternates.
…But I;ll add it to the ‘to-do’ list (our ref #107)eadocX SupportParticipantIf you select
eaDocX | File | Load Document Profile,
..and browse to the install directory of eaDocX (usually c:program fileseadocx) then the built-in profiles are installed there.I think the one you’re looking for is now called ‘Use Case Detail’, as it has a bit more than just Structured Scenarios.
In v3.0, best think is to delete the ‘Link’ column, as that has been replaced, and I haven’t yet updated these built-in Profiles.eadocX SupportParticipantMatthias,
I will add some additional tracing into this method, to see what happening. All eaDocX is doing is looking into the installation directory (c:program fileseadocx) to find the built-in Profiles. I’ll upload it later this morning.Can you avoid this by creatng a document, and not selecting a built-in profile, but then then doing
eaDocX | File | Load Document Profile
and on the ‘Import Document Profile’ page, manually browsing to find the built in profiles (still in c:program fileseadocx). This mght work for you.eadocX SupportParticipantSadly, not possible. If you specify the name, then only connectors of that name will be found. If no name, then eaDocX finds ALL connectors, with and without names.
One trick you might try is to create a report with the connector name as a column, then use Conditional Formatting to highlight where there are connectors with not name (use the IsEmpty operator).eadocX SupportParticipantHmmm. Does this happen with a new Word document, and a small .EAP ?
eadocX SupportParticipantHI,
I think we have all seen errors like this very occasionally. Looking at the error message, it’s coming from inside MS Word, when eaDocX asks it to look for some text. I think these are due to a problem in the depths of the Word document, and are usually fixed by copying all the manual text into a new document, and adding the eaDocX sesctions again. Very tedious, but it’s the only way I have found to fix the problem.
If you can make it happen repeatably, please send me the .EAP and word document, and I will investigate further, but I’m not hopeful. Working with two large products like EA and Word, this sort of thing seems to just happen. eadocX SupportParticipantMatt,
I like your idea – i’ll bear it mind for a future release. In the meantime, you could use Word Compare to show differences between versions of documents.eadocX SupportParticipantOk – as EA allows it, we should too. I’ll remove the restriction in the next build. Should be available in a day or two.
eadocX SupportParticipantOK – I’ll look again a the SQL. I seem to be doing a balancing act, trying to use the same SQL for Access, SQLServer and Oracle. I’m wondering if it’s even possible.
eadocX SupportParticipantOh – I thought I was fixing on Oracle – I’m certainly testing (most) stuff on Oracle now. Which bits don’t work ?
eadocX SupportParticipantNo. But all you need to is a ‘save as PDF’ from the Word menu.
eadocX SupportParticipantJust so I’m clear, where is the ‘element note’ which you refer to? Is it a reference, from within a ‘notes’ field, to another EA element?
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