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Functions - Validate and Control User Input

These are functions that Enterprise Architect calls to validate and control user input. For each function a set of objects is filled.

Function

Action

Return Value

AllowPhaseUpdate(
           OldValue,
           NewValue)

 

Validate a change a user has made to a phase

 

 

 

 

 

•True to allow this user to make this change
•False to disallow the change and revert to the previous value

AllowStatusUpdate(
           OldValue,
           NewValue)

 

Validate a change a user has made to a status

AllowTagUpdate(
           TagName,
           OldValue,
           NewValue)

 

Validate a change a user has made to a Tagged Value

AllowVersionUpdate(
           OldValue,
           NewValue)

 

Validate a change a user has made to a version

CanEditPhase()

Enable or disable the control for editing a phase

 

 

 

•True to allow this user to make changes by enabling the control
•False to completely disable edit of this property by disabling the control

CanEditStatus()

Enable or disable the control for editing a status

 

CanEditTag(
           TagName)

 

Enable or disable the control for editing a Tagged Value

CanEditVersion()

Enable or disable the control for editing a version

 

OnPreNewElement(
           ElementType,
           ElementStereotype)

 

Allow or disallow the creation of the specified element.

 

 

•True to allow this user to create the element/connector
•False to prevent this user from creating the element

OnPreNewConnector(
           ConnectorType,
           ConnectorSubType,
           ConnectorStereotype)

 

Allow or disallow the creation of the specified connector.

PreAllowPhaseUpdate(
           OldValue,
           NewValue)

 

 

 

 

 

 

Determine what information is required to validate this change

 

 

 

 

Semi-colon separated list of additional data required in order to validate this change.

Supported Data Type:

Tests - fill the Tests array in the WorkflowContext object.

PreAllowStatusUpdate(
           OldValue,
           NewValue)

 

PreAllowTagUpdate(TagName,
           OldValue,
           NewValue)

 

PreAllowVersionUpdate(
           OldValue,
           NewValue)

 

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