EA's Revision History Version 6.1

This section provides a history of the features of EA version 6.1, for the following builds:

• 792
• 791
• 790
• 789
• 788
• 787
• 786
• 785

Select a version below:

Changes and fixes for Build 792

Changed code generation to omit package names containing spaces. RTF generator correctly includes scenerio elements when generating a Single element. Added Alias and Type Fields for External Requirements when generating RTF documentation. Exclude from RTF Report option correctly excludes only that package. Improved diagram loading speed over slow connections. Improved parsing of VB.Net array expressions. Improved parsing of C++ floating point expressions. Changed XSD and WSDL transformations to no longer update class names. Resolved issue that could cause a crash when dragging items from the project view. Improvement of "Get Latest" using SCC, to better handle case where it is unknown whether to expect an update. Resolved issue that prevented embedded elements from being dropped onto a locked parent in an unlocked diagram.

Changes and fixes for Build 791

Corrected issue where RTF documents would fail to render correctly when Language Substitution was enabled Resolved saving long object scenarios and correct scenario changes on Oracle. Modified XMI importer to ensure that packages imported using "Strip GUIDs" are also stripped of Version Control settings. DDL generation of stored procedures - corrected missing CREATE PROCEDURE statement when there was nothing in the Note field. Corrected validation of association classes. Corrected validation of CallOperationAction elements. Resolved issue of EOF/BOF error message when generating rtf document. Added default server connection name when creating a new connection. Corrected issue with Japanese MySQL repository users. Generate DDL - added index name to MySQL indexes. Improved SCC version of "Get Latest" - now checks whether update has occurred before attempting import. Modified SCC version of "File History" to prevent import of previous revision when package is currently checked-out. Added version control command "Check In Branch". Modified "Delete Package" function, to disallow deletion when selected package contains checked-out, version controlled child packages. Generate DDL - resolved missing identity datatype for SQL Server. Corrected order in which columns are added to constraints. When generating HTML Report Polish characters now display correctly when using a JET 4.0 database. Changed default Package, Element and Diagram ordering, in RTF reports, to Tree Order Resolved missing FK links when importing tables where one table is named "Object". Added handling of multiplicity to attribute inplace editor. Modified display of abstract operations for C++ classes. Added handling of more language constructs for Actionscript, C#, C++ (.Net), Delphi, Java, and VB. Improved handling of indenting in Python parser. Improved generation of VB.Net interfaces. Resolved issue with generation of duplicate attributes from associations in C++ and Delphi.

Changes and fixes for Build 790

Disallowed automatic creation of windows reserved filenames in code engineering. Modified C++ parsing of static properties and friend functions. Resolved issue reverse engineering C++ pure virtual methods. Fixed generation of C++ anonymous enumerations and stopped them being synchronized. Modified .Net disassembly import to handle static properties. Added round trip of Actionscript class scope, rest parameters, prototype attributes and literal methods. Added parsing of * syntax for Actionscript untyped variables. Modified "Package Control" menu to ensure that "Get Package" is disabled when selected package is checked-in. Improved processing of Subversion status results, when long usernames are involved. Modified the Get Package command for Subversion, to handle localized Subversion output. Modified hyperlinks in the Help Menu, to overcome problem of some browsers not being able to open the URL's. Modified the Configure Version Control dialog, to prevent problems when attempting to disconnect from invalid configurations. Fixed crash when generating an RTF document on a large project. Fixed RTF bookmarks not displaying correctly. Resolved issue where new classes exported using MDG Link for Visual Studio would not successfully complete. Resolved issue where importing classes using MDG Link for Visual Studio would duplicate pre-imported classes. Resolved issue of missing tagged values at connector ends during an XMI import. Ctrl+Alt+M now always behaves appropriately to the Project View's selection. MiscData() automation calls now accessible through the dispatch interface (i.e. scripting languages). Disabled menu item "Add Model from Pattern", for packages that are locked. Implemented Automation method Repository.ShowInProjectView()

Changes and fixes for Build 789

Improved handling of relocated packages, diagrams, objects, connectors and features on XMI import (including version controlled packages). Improved XMI import when using the "Strip GUIDS" option Improved handling of an attempt to create an invalid link, the quicklinker menu is now shown instead of the "invalid uml syntax" message. Corrected issues where elements with linked documents would misbehave when placed under version control or in a locked state. Added packageNotes macro to code template framework. Changed default state action types to "entry", "exit" and "do" for UML 2.0 compliance. Improved ODBC import of SQL Server stored procedures. Added ability to edit Connector properties from Element dialog - Link page Prevented DDL generation of triggers when Create Trigger checkbox is cleared. Generate SQL Server stored procedures - removed parameter brackets if no parameters to generate. Automation change - property assignment fixed for EA.Connector.SupplierEnd.Stereotype Automation change - EA.Package.FindObject() now explicitly excludes Diagrams Added ActionScript 3 support. Improved parsing of C++ function pointers, delegates and parameters. Added support for C++ methods overriden by const. Resolved issues with synchronisation of inner classes. Resolved issue with synchronisation of class notes. Improved transormation of complex package structures. Improved handling of some constructs in .Net Disassembly. Fixed issue drawing usecase extension points in rectangle notation. Interaction Fragments, Activity Partitions, and Boundary elements may now have custom background colours Improved handling of UTF-8 source files. Added support for obtaining user message when adding package to version control. Improved handling of reconnection to a repository following a network interruption Fixed issue with alternate connector notations. Allow elements that have an alternate image to be resized to at least the minimum image size. Corrected notation for abstract actors - name now uses italic font. Added Image command to the shape script feature to allow rendering of images defined in Settings->Images. Improved zoom to allow zooming to selected connector in a diagram. Improved the stereotype dialog to display warning if exiting without saving changes. Modified metamodel to allow Signal element to allow operations and attributes Modified Signal element to allow ownership by other elements. Improved processing of Subversion response in Get Package command, when long usernames are involved.

Changes and fixes for Build 788

Improved load times for models with very large numbers of elements (greater than 250,000) Improved load times for models with very large packages with deep element nesting (greater than 50,000 nested elements per single package) Modified toolbar"UML Elements" to allow dropping element at selected location, rather than auto placement in top left corner Modified element multi-select menu to allow setting multiple elements as "Non-Selectable" in one step Added context menu option to diagram context menu to allow setting all "Non-Selectable" elements "Selectable" in one step Enabled actors to be set as composite elements Resolved issue with dropping Collaboration elements from UML Profiles Corrected UML syntax checking for Interaction Overview diagrams Updated EA type library and Interop assembly Updated behavior of Information Engineering connectors when multiplicity equals 1. Stopped creation of unexpected packages in transformations. Modified Package contents display in diagram to include MessageEndpoint and Final state icons Added MessageEndpoint and InteractionOccurence elements to list displayed in Project Tree Added support for generating code from self-aggregations. Corrected notes synchronization of VB6 classes when generating. Improved behavior or option to remove associations when reverse engineering. Improved handling of literals and arrays in VB.Net parsing. Improved handling of enumerations in Java parsing. Improved handling of enumerations, records and method pointers in Delphi parsing. Improved handling of forward declarations and properties in C++/CLI parsing. Code Template Updates: Updated C++ templates to handle namespace qualified types and inner classes.

Changes and fixes for Build 787

Added the ability to forward synchronise changes in 'linked attributes'. Added live code generation to many connector changes. Improved Sequence diagram handling of InteractionFragments: Fragments and contained messages now move as a single block when fragment is moved All subsequent messages and elements are also shifted down or up to account for fragment being moved Lifelines now take precedence of Fragments when doing a hit-test. Z-Order is ignored Pressing the ALT key while moving a fragment will allow movement of fragment without moving contained messages Adding messages between lifelines in a fragment now allows lifelines to take precedence over Fragments despite Z-Order Width of Lifeline "hit test zone" reduced to allow finer selection and discrimination between lifelines and other "decorations" Other Sequence diagram changes: Message "IsReturn" now not the default for Right to Left messages (option to restore old behavior is in tools/options -> diagram/sequence) Return value on Message now specified with "=" instead of ":=" Added option in Tools/Options dialog - Diagram/Sequence page to select Asynchronous as the default for new messages Improved Delphi parser handling of enumerations. Improved C++ parser handling of unicode strings Improved VB.Net parser to handle different inheritance syntax. Improved the comment handling in parser for multiple languages. Expanded list of element types which have shape script decoration support. Enabled resizing of profile elements with a default size specification. Zooming the diagram view will now center on the current selection. Included Up/Down buttons for Attribute and Operation dialogs, by default. Improved handling of context when using inplace editor. Added the ability to drag-drop items in the Project Browser as hyperlinks in Model Documents Added new Document section to RTF templates to allow documentation of various package data. Some minor tweaks to the drawing of connector arrow-heads Resolved issue with custom transformations not working on SQL server. Improved handling of package transformation. Changed "Bookmark Element" keyboard accelerator from Alt+Space to Shift+Space (Change takes effect after using : Tools | Customize | Keyboard | Reset All) Code Template Updates: Added support for generating the static keyword from a static to to the C# Class Declaration template. Actionscript Operation and Operation Body templates modified to handle interface operations. Actionscript Import template modified to allow generation in more circumstances. Debugger: Improved representation of iterations in sequence diagrams generated by debugger. Redesign of breakpoint binding to accomodate late-bound modules. Breakpoints now associated with project view, to permit multiple views to have same debug command. Stack Trace History collected by debugger to build sequence diagrams can now be saved to html, using additional toolbar button.

Changes and fixes for Build 786

Improved handling of UNC paths on Adaptive Server Anywhere repository. Added support for datatype mapping of character field > 255 to Memo field where Access is target database. Ensured changes to connector tag values are propagated to shapescripts. Added support for Python decorators. Improved Delphi code parser to include parsing delphi properties containing qualified names and class references. Improved VB.Net code parser handling of expressions and events. Added support for generating both ends of bi-directional reflexive associations. Added handling of connector end multiplicity ordered property to transformations. Changed behaviour of Classifier typed tagged values to allow specification of valid types. Resolved issue on Oracle and PostgreSQL repositories when using QuickLinker from a BPMN element. Improved ShapeScript support for connector tag values. Improved handling of invalid filenames in code generation. Added support for documenting Object Run States in the RTF generator. Improved DDL reverse engineering of SQLServer binary/varbinary datatypes. Added sorting of drop table order for generating DDL for MySQL datamodel having foreign keys. Improved support of SQL Server 2005 database reverse engineering. Resolved different version issues when reverse engineering MySQL databases. Added "Use <database" clause for generating ASA DDL generation.. Corrected primary key column generation for ASA DDL generation. Improved handling of comments for ASA DDL generation. Changed generated DDL for SQL Server script to use table alias when dropping foerign keys. Ensured new UML Profiled elements added to diagram display their tagged values immediately Ensured new UML Profile connectors added with Quick Linker show their tagged values immediately Improved usability of the project security "lock to edit" mode, when combined with version controlled packages. Ensure that current user's permissions are reloaded after making changes to user permissions or group permissions/memberships. Resolved issue with saving version control configuration when using replicated EAP file. Resolved issue with drop menus on Project Browser toolbar Added option to "Copy a Base Project" to Start Page.

Changes and fixes for Build 785

New Model Wizard Range of Model Patterns to select from when creating a new model Kick-start development and modeling with pre-defined "starter" packages and views Patterns included for general use as well as Iconix and UP (Unified Process)) Supplied patterns can be modified and supplemented by the end user New Quicklink Technology New diagram behavior supports rapid creation of correct models New user interface functionality to quickly draw new links "in place" with simple mouse clicks Ability to generate new elements and links concurrently Quicklinking is completely context sensitive and provides only "legal" UML connectivity options to speed development Quicklinking can also be integrated with UML Profiles (eg. the BPMN Profile available for the Sparx Website) Updated .NET and Java debugger Sequence Diagrams now generated for a single, user-selectable thread Enhanced ability to "automatically", as well as "manually" step through a running application and generate Sequence diagrams Automatic detection of iterative loops when generating Sequence diagrams New Threads pane allows easy selection and debugging of specific threads Support for debugging and working with .NET 2.0 executables Many other refinements and fixes for both .NET and Java debuggers MDG Integration Release 1.0 of the MDG Integration add-in for Visual Studio 2005 released concurrently with EA 6.1 Provides deep integration of UML2.0 and EA's modeling capability into Microsoft's Visual Studio 2005 New Additional UML 2.0 Elements Signal, CentralBufferNode, Device, ExecutionEnvironment Structured Activity, State Machine, MergeNode CommunictationPath (link) New Document Templates and Report Templates Added RTF document templates for reporting Use Case Scenarios, Diagram reports, Resource allocation, Model Glossary Added new document templates for linked documents such as source code reviews, test reviews and integration plans Linked document templates can be customised and added to by end users Many other enhancements and fixes, including the following: Generate DDL - added Oracle constraint state tags. Added support for C++/CLI (.NET Managed C++)via option for C++ version. Added Element Resource.Description field to the document generator Fixed issue where Help Page became hidden behind EA Added support for path substitution with version control. Fixed problems with Package Control "browse" function. Added support for use of sub-directories with CVS and Subversion. Fixed problem with packages that are checked-out-offline, being locked by version controlled parent packages. Disabled menu items Get Latest, Get All Latest, File History and File Properties whenever user selects "Version Control | Work Offline". Fixed Notes not saving correctly Show Behaviour check option now enables the Save button correctly. Fixed deleting an attribute the Get/Set properties are now being deleted. When copying an attribute, its Get/Set properties are now copied as well. Fixed creating a Stereotype Override on cancel. Fixed new interfaces not appearing on the Exposed Interface Dialog. Fixed Notes links being dropped when the diagram was copied. Fixed Diagrams Notes not being saved when navigating in the Project View. Fixed parsing issue with C++ operator () methods. Fixed possible crash after using Select Classifier to view class Operations. Fixed problems with importing some .Net 2.0 libraries. Fixed occasional parse errors importing Visual Basic 6 code. Fixed export of RTF Documents as Reference Data. Automation fix for EA.Repository.SaveDiagram() Automation fix for EA.Method.Update() Fixed drawing of diagram element if alternate image fails to load Fixed override of inherited embedded elements when sub-class is in a different package. Added option to rotate Fork/Join elements via their context menu. Added "Add from toolbox" item to the diagram context menu. Fixed positioning bug when resizing elements that are bound to their parents border. Fixed problem of version control File History dialog not showing information when only a single revision exists. Fixed issue where EA.Element.Abstract would be unchangeable when set to true Fixed issue loading defined searches where Search Names may have alternate encodings Fixed issue where EA freezes when using the Search & Report View in crossoveroffice 5.0 Fixed issue where printing State and Activity elements in linux draw incorrectly.