Please note : This help page is not for the latest version of Enterprise Architect. The latest help can be found here.

EA_GetCompartmentData

Topics

Topic

Detail

See also

Details

This event occurs when Enterprise Architect is instructed to redraw an element. It requests that the Add-In provide the data to populate the element's compartment.

 

 

Syntax:

Function EA_GetCompartmentData(Repository As EA.Repository, sCompartment As String, sGUID As String, oType As EA.ObjectType) As Variant

The EA_QueryAvailableCompartments function syntax contains the following elements:

Parameter

Type

Direction

Description

oType

ObjectType

IN

The type of the element for which data is being requested.

 

Repository

EA.Repository

IN

An EA.Repository object representing the currently open Enterprise Architect model. Poll its members to retrieve model data and user interface status information.

 

sCompartment

String

IN

The name of the compartment for which data is being requested.

 

sGUID

String

IN

The GUID of the element for which data is being requested.

 

Return Value:

A variant containing a formatted string. See the example below to view the format.

Example

 

Function EA_GetCompartmentData(Repository As EA.Repository, sCompartment As String, sGUID As String, oType As EA.ObjectType) As Variant

 

 If Repository Is Nothing Then

 Exit Function

 End If

 

 Dim sCompartmentData As String

 Dim oXML As MSXML2.DOMDocument

 Dim Nodes As MSXML2.IXMLDOMNodeList

 Dim Node1 As MSXML2.IXMLDOMNode

 Dim Node As MSXML2.IXMLDOMNode

 Dim sData As String

 

 sCompartmentData = ""

 Set oXML = New MSXML2.DOMDocument

 sData = ""

 

 On Error GoTo ERR_GetCompartmentData

 

 oXML.loadXML (Repository.GetTreeXMLByGUID(sGUID))

 Set Node1 = oXML.selectSingleNode("//ModelItem")

 

 If Node1 Is Nothing Then

     Exit Function

 End If

 

 sCompartmentData = sCompartmentData + "Name=" + sCompartment + ";"

 sCompartmentData = sCompartmentData + "OwnerGUID=" + sGUID + ";"

 sCompartmentData = sCompartmentData + "Options=SkipIfOnDiagram&_eq_^1&_sc_^"

 

 Select Case sCompartment

 Case "parts"

     Set Nodes = Node1.selectNodes("ModelItem( @Metatype=""Part"" ) ")

     For Each Node In Nodes

         sData = sData + "Data&_eq_^" + Node.Attributes.getNamedItem("Name").nodeValue + "&_sc_^"

         sData = sData + "GUID&_eq_^" + Node.Attributes.getNamedItem("GUID").nodeValue + "&_sc_^,"

     Next

 

 Case "ports"

     Set Nodes = Node1.selectNodes("ModelItem( @Metatype=""Port"" ) ")

     For Each Node In Nodes

         sData = sData + "Data&_eq_^" + Node.Attributes.getNamedItem("Name").nodeValue + "&_sc_^"

         sData = sData + "GUID&_eq_^" + Node.Attributes.getNamedItem("GUID").nodeValue + "&_sc_^,"

     Next

 

 End Select

 

 ' If there's no data to display, then don't return any compartment data

 If sData <> "" Then

     sCompartmentData = sCompartmentData + "CompartmentData=" + sData + ";"

 Else

     sCompartmentData = ""

 End If

 

 EA_GetCompartmentData = sCompartmentData

 Exit Function

 

ERR_GetCompartmentData:

 EA_GetCompartmentData = ""

 

End Function