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Overview Today I got asked an interesting question: How can I have two drawing tools that create compositions of different objects of the same class? The answer wasn't quite as straightforward as I thought! Rhapsody has a property PartMetaclassName which you can specify on a…
Overview Plugin Helpers When a Java based helper is added to Rhapsody as a plugin (in a HEP file) then the plugin init method is passed the Rhapsody instance that called it: Note: This is only true if your code actually uses that argument. If…
Overview Are you used to being able to drag .rpy or .rpyx files from Windows explorer into Rhapsody to quickly open a project ? I am - I use it all the time - but in Rhapsody version 10 things have changed a little. Rhapsody…
Helpers Helpers are typically loaded through one of two mechanisms: The most common way for Rhapsody to read a helper file and load the helpers defined within it is to associate the helper file with a profile. Of course Rhapsody will only load those helpers…
Overview Is your project folder suddenly getting lots of Silent Mode log files ? Want to know how to stop Rhapsody from generating them ? Look no further ! These and other logging settings are controlled by a file in USER_OMROOT/Log (which may be directly…
Overview Rhapsody 10 introduced a few helpful new features for helpers. One of those is the ability to enable / disable menu items through the API. Note that this only works for menu items that have been added using a hep file - you can't…
Overview Typically, multiple property files are loaded by a proifle that loads the first one (using a property) and then that property file contains include statements to load others: but recently I was posed with the question 'what if i want the other way around?'.
Overview A few versions ago Rhapsody introduced some enhancements to the drag and drop functionality in Rhapsody. These went largely unannounced so you may not be aware of these time-saving improvements. Ordinarily when you drag elements in the browser Rhapsody will move them (or copy…
Overview The IBM help page for the Rhapsody command line states that you can run a plugin using the following command line switch: -cmd=call <plugin> <parameters> However it is a little light on the details. Here's what you really need to know: Plugins are defined…
Rhapsody has had the ability to annotate model browser elements with graphics for a while now (it requires the use of Java to apply Decorations) but Rhapsody 10 introduced a new feature to allow the displayed name to be controlled using a property - no…
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