Copy Objects to Module

Mathias Mamsch - Thu May 31 16:23:56 EDT 2012

I would borrow from copyops.inc which actually has functions for doing this. It defines a
 

// see ... lib\dxl\example\include\copyops.inc
void copyObject(Object oldObj, newObj, Module baseMod)

function which will actually copy all attribute values from one object to another, creating necessary attributes on the fly. However it probably misses copying of DOORS/external links so it really depends on what you want. But it should be a good starting point. A more complete example is the copy object GUI which you can find under 'lib\dxl\example\copyobj.dxl' in your DOORS directory.

Maybe that helps, regards, Mathias

Mathias Mamsch, IT-QBase GmbH, Consultant for Requirement Engineering and D00RS

josiah820 - Wed Jun 06 11:42:01 EDT 2012

I tried implementing this code, and it isn't working. I have an object o, a "current" module l, and m, the module that I want to copy o (the current object) to. If i'm implementing this code, I'm assuming the method call would be something like:
 

copyObject(o, o, m)

If I copy the copyops.inc into my program.
Is this the correct way to implement it? It's not putting anything into m, so I'm assuming something is wrong.
Thanks

Mathias Mamsch - Thu May 31 16:23:56 EDT 2012

I would borrow from copyops.inc which actually has functions for doing this. It defines a
 

// see ... lib\dxl\example\include\copyops.inc
void copyObject(Object oldObj, newObj, Module baseMod)

function which will actually copy all attribute values from one object to another, creating necessary attributes on the fly. However it probably misses copying of DOORS/external links so it really depends on what you want. But it should be a good starting point. A more complete example is the copy object GUI which you can find under 'lib\dxl\example\copyobj.dxl' in your DOORS directory.

Maybe that helps, regards, Mathias

Mathias Mamsch, IT-QBase GmbH, Consultant for Requirement Engineering and D00RS

llandale - Wed Jun 06 17:05:58 EDT 2012
You need different handles for your from and to Objects; right now you are copying values of "o" to Object "o", which won't change anything. The 2nd parameter should be perhaps "oM", the object in "m" you wish new values for.

-Louie