Recent Features

This section lists the features of Enterprise Architect 7.5, for the following builds:

• 850
• 849
• 848
• 847
• 846
• 845
• 844
• 843

Select a version below:

Changes and fixes for Build 850

• • "Lock to Edit" security mode altered to enable the menu item "Apply or Release User Lock" for version controlled packages irrespective of their checked-in / checked-out status.
  • GUID reference tagged values can be set to an 'empty string' by selecting the 'none' option in the Select <Item> Dialog.
  • Unsigned_int16 types included in the grammar for the C++ importer.
  • Viewing custom references and transforms in the hierarchy window have been optimized to improve performance.
  • Java code importer modified to preserve Full Java 'throws' that exceed 255 characters in length.
  • Interface Elements generated as an element and not as an embedded type.
  • RTF template editor improved to prevent the insertion of '{{' on field names which could occasionally cause template corruption.
  • RTL fonts will not be used by default if the Windows default language is set to Hebrew/Arabic, resulting in an improved RTF report.
  • RTL detection of text within a linked Document refined, resulting in the improved generation of HTML reports.
  • Fully qualified name information of a tagged value is retained when copying and pasting objects, attributes and operations.
  • The closing of floating toolbars on diagrams has been corrected because it occasionally caused errors.

Changes and fixes for Build 849

• • Ensure hidden Constraint and Synchronization elements are moved between Packages when their owning diagram is moved.
  • Connector labels for Aggregation and Composition source and target roles will display a derived '/' symbol, if the derived option is set.
  • Elements with inherited tagged values of type GUIDRef and GUIDRefList will display Classifier names, instead of the GUID value.
  • Check box option 'Always prompt before import' in the Import Reference Data Dialog modified to show previous saved state.
  • Redefined shortcuts(mnemonics) for buttons 'Columns/Attributes...' and 'Operations...' on the 'Table Detail' page.
  • Automation function Package.Update( ) modified to retrieve package's current lock state, prior to attempting to update the database.
  • Prevent the 'Ctrl+Delete' keystroke combination from deleting elements within checked-in version controlled packages.
  • 'Add Branch to VC' command user permissions revised to be brought in line with 'Configure Package' command. The command is disabled unless the user has the 'Configure Package' permission.
  • Command 'Import Model Branch from Version Control' modified for better compatibility with CVS - preventing error messages that were misinterpreted as CVS command failure.
  • The Code Generation of Activity Graphs has been modified to handle adhoc control flows.
  • Added column 'Stereotype' to the search list in the Select <Item> dialog.
  • Select <Item> dialog search tab will find all elements when no text is entered.
  • Selecting a namespace in the browse tab of the Select <Item> dialog collapses all Packages and selects the chosen namespace.
  • Select <Item> dialog search tab by default finds items that contain your search term returning a more comprehensive set of search results.
  • Context menu option 'Locate in Tree' added to Search tab of the Select <Item> dialog for locating an item in the Browse tab.
  • Select <Item> dialog will indicate the version controlled status, if a Tree item is locked and MDG technology specific icons.
  • Added support for round-tripping Packaging Components using XMI 1.1. Previously an import could possibly result in a Packaged Component incorrectly becoming a Package.
  • 'XSD Enumeration Properties' dialog improved to update all name and note fields upon being saved.
  • When reverse engineering an existing Oracle packages, the system will synchronize all changes that have occurred.
  • Oracle Tables allow duplicate constraint names to assist with standard naming conventions when constraints and supporting indexes must share the same name.
  • Foreign key stereotype cannot be changed to any other stereotype.
  • 'Find In Project Browser' for Package favorites in the Model Views window is supported for models with lazy loading.
  • The model search window will persist column ordering when appending results from XML.
  • Auto resizing of some nodes has been improved to reduce CPU load.
  • The Rule Composer window is invalidated when changing the value of check boxes.
  • Ensure automation function 'Package.VersionControlCheckout' allows you to change a packages content with out displaying an Element Locked notification.
  • Allow printer page setup for the Relationship Matrix from the 'Default Tools' tool bar.
  • Ensured consistent handling of Realization connectors.
  • Saved image size for sequence diagrams with self connectors having long names improved.

Changes and fixes for Build 848

• • Correct an issue with RTF generator and right-to-left reading order text.
  • Prohibit display of Output list context menu when right clicking on tab area.
  • Manage collapsed state of technology based toolbox pages better.
  • Better managed the positioning of connector end points when adjusting with mouse.
  • Tranformations defining an incomplete classifier reference now handled correctly.
  • MDG Technology wizard now handles when an invalid code options file is selected.
  • Improved selection of connector labels prior to displaying a context menu.
  • Added ability to create Use Case connector from Automation Interface when strict syntax checking is enabled.
  • Modified Help file to improve compression and reduce size of installation package.
  • Modified display of notes in Test list to remove HTML markup when appropriate.
  • RTF generation of Notes improved in 'Diagram.Messages' section.
  • Baseline comparison modified to add support for StateMachine and Constraint objects.
  • Removed size limitation importing UML patterns into a PostgreSQL repository.
  • Elements created from automation interface will now get auto named alias if set.
  • Toggle for moving messages with a fragment on a sequence diagram improved.

Changes and fixes for Build 847

• User Interface
  • New Search facility within code editors and Debugger to "Find in Files"
    • - Search source code and text files for specific terms.
    • - Recursive and case-insensitive search supported.
    • - Double click on results to open in source editor.
    • - Accessible from docked Debug window (tick Windows/Search).
    • - Accessible from context menu of selection within source code editors.
    • - Accessible from Main menu View/Debug and Profile/Search (for new users).
    • - For existing users, run Tools/Customize/Menu to refresh cached main menu structure.
  • "Select Classifier" dialog modified to work with projects having an empty root (model) node.
  • "Bend Line at Cursor" (Ctrl+Q) command disabled when line style makes its use inappropriate.
  • The display of tagged values having fully qualified names is synchronized with diagram tagged value "inline feature" selection.
  • Editable features selected in diagrams (eg. Operations and Attributes) have a new command in their context menu to quickly create a linked note and place it on the diagram.
  • Tooltips have been updated for the MDG Integration diagram view.
  • Toolbar icons in 3 toolbars (default, project and diagram) have been reset to resolve issues where incorrect icons may be used after upgrading from build 845.
• Reporting Rich Text and HTML
  • New sections can now be inserted directly before a table in the RTF document template editor.
  • A header row will always be displayed when using filtering in the Connector section.
  • "Save As" from Template Editor will no longer default to normal.rtf.
  • Moving a section in the editor will not cause protected text to appear, as could happen under certain circumstances previously.
  • The Table of Contents styles are now imported from the Master Document template.
  • Field Values containing the word 'quote' are now rendered more consistently.
  • Tagged Values notes now appear on a separate line in the following templates:
    • (basic template), (basic template + audit) and (Master template - basic template)
  • The built-in Requirement template now excludes Text elements by default.
  • The Table of Contents rendering is improved when windows is configured to use a RTL language.
  • Generating diagrams using the "Diagrams Only" report now uses the Project Browser order if 'Order Diagrams Alphabetically' is unchecked.
  • Diagram hyperlinks to web pages in HTML reports will now display the target page when clicked.
• Data Modeling
  • Column custom properties enhanced to support large auto increment start values.
  • Foreign key name updated to match foreign key name template.
• BPEL Modeling and Generation
  • Generating XSD 'import' statement in the generated WSDL files when a WSDL Message Part references constructs in external XSD file now supported.
  • Importing annotations on ModelGroup from XSD now supported.
  • Generating WSDL 'import' statement in the WSDL file generated for BPEL now supported.
  • Exception Flows that do not merge into Normal Flow now handled.
  • WebService creation for Pool/Process modified to ensure name is not empty.
• Automation & Scripting
  • Comprehensive library of JScript example scripts added - accessible from the Scripting window.
  • Script Editor no longer duplicates all line breaks when saving scripts to file.
  • Value returned by Repository.EAEdition modified for backwards compatibility:
    • - Repository.EAEdition now returns EACorporate instead of EABusiness, EASystems and EAUltimate editions.
    • - EABusiness, EASystems and EAUltimate editions can now be checked for using a new function, Repository.EAEditionEx.
  • Effort.Time property added. Can be used instead of Effort.Weight to access fractional value. Matches name used for field in user interface.
  • Version Control operations on the Package interface modified to better handle lazy loaded models.
  • Diagrams created from automation interface modified to use the following options.
    • Show diagram details
    • Show public features
    • Show protected features
    • Show private features
• Version Control, Baselines and XML support
  • Baseline comparison utility updated to provide a more informative error message when using unsupported XMI formats.
  • Compare utility option to Suppress children of missing items has been enabled.
  • Added new command 'Resynch all Statuses with VC providers' to package control context menu in project browser.
  • Use this command to ensure all model package statuses match version control provider status.
    • Also useful when moving or copying a version controlled model from one PC/User to another, and a re-synch is required.
    • Please read the help file on this topic as it also provides some additional warnings about general usage.
• Code Engineering
  • Code generation templates using classKeywords macro will now use up to date value after it is modified on an object on a diagram.
  • Activity's 'isReadOnly' and 'isSingleExecution', exposed as EASL properties to be used in the code generation templates.
  • Actionscript generation will no longer generate a default constructor if any constructor already exists in the class.
  • Actionscript parsing modified to improve handling of expressions using Vector class.
• Other Changes
  • Text on a diagram drawn using a shape script will no longer lose the last character under Crossover Office.
  • Support for GDI+ under Crossover Office 8.0.
  • Files page of the element properties dialog will now show the last write time in the current timezone.
  • Source code editor's find/replace performance improved when replace term includes the search term.
  • Source code editor has new feature to go to definition of selected symbol if defined in the model.
  • User profiles specifying an instance type for an element will now be able to specify an instance type from another profile.

Changes and fixes for Build 846

• User Interface
  • Select Classifier dialog and other dialogs requiring an object to be selected have been redesigned to make finding the target faster and easier.
  • Classifier dialog now supports:
    • Tree based selection of elements (similar to Project Browser)
    • Search based selection - based on required item type and/or stereotype
    • Last selected item remembered for fast access to similar locations
  • Element List window significantly upgraded
    • Hierarchical (tree style) display and in-place editing now supported
    • Keyboard navigation updated to support more 'spreadsheet' like editing style.
    • Ability to Add New elements quickly and efficiently improved
    • Report based on Tree Style display now supported
  • Tagged values page added to several property dialogs
    • Element property dialog
    • Attribute property dialog
    • Operation property dialog
    • Connector property dialog
    
    
  • 'Show Feature' option added to the Feature Visibility dialog. Allows modelers to specify the features they want to show instead of those they want to hide.
  • CSV Import/Export now gives a warning if no action is selected.
  • 'Link to Element Feature' dialog usability improved.
  • Objects with the SysML <<view>> stereotype now show the correct SysML properties dialog.
  • When selecting a View or Workspace from the main View Menu or the Workspace toolbar, always bring that View's window to the front and/or give it focus.
  • 'Type' combo box in Hyperlink Details dialog, drop down size under Windows 2000 increased.
  • Changed method of specifying classifier information for Activity parameters, to restrict selection to items in drop-down list.
  • Added parameters' 'type' information in Arguments dialog.
  • 'New Element' dialog, updated to facilitate adding generalizable profile elements.
  • 'Warn about spaces in class names' option is now disabled by default.
• Visual Execution Analyzer
  • New support for debugging Microsoft .NET dynamic 'In Memory' assemblies and including in Sequence Diagrams.
  • New Stack Copy marker added that performs silent capture of stacktrace at a points in an application.
  • Stack Toolbar has new buttons allowing Stack copying and Sequence Recording control.
  • Limit relative auto-recording stack depth option added to Options page of 'Package Script' dialog
  • Significant native code profiling speed improvements.
  • Recording of other API calls in native debugger now supported.
  • Create sequence diagrams from native code showing where external code is being called.
  
  
  • Java server debugging improved to support re-attachments to the same process (eg. recording multiple Tomcat service interactions)
  • The 'Watches' window has been renamed to 'Data Breakpoints' to more accurately reflect its function.
  • The 'Autos' window has been renamed to the 'Watches' window.
  • The 'Options' tab in Package Script dialog renamed to 'Sequence Diagram Recording'.
  • Context menus have been added to some debugging windows.
  • Thread Start and Thread Exit entries are no longer captured in the recording history.
  • Source code editor now allows non-destructive key combinations (such as Find/Goto Line) while debugging.
• Technologies
  • MDG Technology wizard expanded to include
    • Diagram types
    • Toolbox definitions
    • Taskpane definitions.
  • MDG Technologies enhanced to support
    • RTF Report templates
    • Linked Document templates
    • Scripts.
  • Added support for transparently importing model reference data from an XML file, as a model is loaded.
    • Automatically synchronizes a model with a reference data file
    • File version stored in model and checked at load time
    • When the model is out of date, the reference data is imported automatically
    • Configured from Tools/Import Reference Data/Shared File
    
    
  • SysML flow specification default diagram changed to an internal block diagram.
  • MDG Technology for SOMF has had quicklinks added.
  • RefGUIDList and RefGUID tagged values from UMLProfiles modified to display classifier names (where possible)) instead of GUID strings.
  • BPMN 1.1 quicklinks improved to better distinguish between stand-alone and edge-mounted events, and to provide quicklinks to pools.
  • Ada 2005 technology renamed from ADA to Ada.
  • SysML internal block diagram toolbox now contains ports.
  • BPMN 1.1 Implementation tagged value changed to default to 'Unspecified'.
  • Assignments tagged value added to BPMN 1.1 Sequence Flow.
  • SysML <<ItemFlow>> quicklink options updated from SysML 1.0 to SysML 1.1. <<ItemFlow>> now extends InformationFlow, instead of Association and Connector.
• Rich Text Reports (RTF)
  • The RTF Template editor may now be invoked "in-place" from the Resources window (Document Templates section)
  • The Resources window has been updated to show 'System' (read-only) and 'Model' (editable) templates
  • Documentation Templates may now include Authors, Resources, Roles & Clients.
  • Documentation template now support custom Project fields. This allows a template to be easily shared across multiple projects.
  • Open the Master Document Template for editing from the Generate dialog.
  
  
  • 'Optimize for Open Office' is now an option on the generation dialog.
  • Ports are rendered as Embedded elements when generating a document.
  • Table of Contents is updated when generating a document.
  • Improved report generation to ensure that all Metrics are generated for all elements.
  • Hyperlinks containing spaces have been modified to work correctly with Microsoft WORD.
  • LastUpdateShort, DateCreatedShort Fields added to the External Requirement section.
  • 'Model Document' section has been renamed to 'Linked Document' in the RTF Template editor.
  • Master Documents generated in models that use 'lazy loading' now load all required child items into the model prior to generation.
  • Diagram rendering in print preview of RTF documents has been improved.
  • Search tags on model document elements are ignored when the model document contains package attributes.
  • Header/footer support when generating Master Documents improved.
  • Automatic resetting of font details after editing paragraph style now prevented.
  • Field Text Flow is restored when generating a document.
  • All diagram objects, including those from other packages, are generated to RTF, when the option 'Document each contained element in RTF' is checked.
  • RTF template editor numbered list style for sub lists, now begins at 1 by default.
• HTML Reports
  • Improved the HTML generation to correctly implement the 'tagged values' and 'tagged value item' templates.
  • HTML documents now provide a larger area to display tagged value details.
• Diagrams
  • Text rendering across different zoom levels made more consistent with the 100% optimal value (avoids small variations in element sizing).
  • 'Configure Layouts' menu item added to the Layout quick buttons and changed the button order.
  • Connector label text wrapping improved at differing zoom levels.
  • Line joins and line end caps drawing neatened for the Enhanced 1 and Enhanced 2 rendering modes.
  
  
  • Resizing of connector source and target role labels improved when these are owned by the opposite Class as opposed to the Association.
  • Selection of labels associated with elements improved when using alternate images.
  • Drawing of lifelines on sequence diagrams improved by limiting displayed text to fit in lifeline header.
  • Disabled element 'Use Rectangle Notation' and similar commands when a shape script is overriding it.
  • Status colors on rectangular objects in the Enhanced 2 rendering mode updated to give cleaner display.
  • Default font colors in notes rendered more consistently for objects with Japanese or other Unicode text.
  • Constraint elements drawn on diagrams display simplified plain text names instead of marked up text.
  • Message arrows for collaboration messages between actors and objects improved (when performing shallow copies of communication diagrams).
  • Expansion Nodes created in diagrams updated to support immediate placement on the right or left sides of their parent Expansion Regions.
  • Object run state display modified. By default all objects where a run state has been set will display their run state.
  • Modified diagram attribute display to enforce 'Show Attribute Detail' option when set to 'Name Only'
  • Stereotype information displayed on connectors and the elements they connect has been made more independent of each other.
  • Legends copied from one diagram to another avoid occasional duplicate entries.
  • Tool-Tip message on connector context menu for displaying hidden line segments modified to 'Show All Line Segments'
  • Line-wrapping for names of Process elements modified to ensure that text is contained within the element boundaries.
  • Printing of note elements containing bullets or list numbering improved.
  • Sequence Diagrams containing self-messages when copy and pasting from Windows clipboard will now have less blank space above them.
  • Multiple selections will now be retained when a drag is initiated while the Shift key is depressed.
• Data Modeling
  • Foreign keys synchronized when reverse engineering database schema with 'Package Only' option selected.
  • Option to 'Include Triggers' added when reverse engineering database schema.
  • Show full Oracle DBMS version on table properties dialog.
  • General Improvements to Oracle ODBC Import...
    • - Synchronizing default values and foreign keys
    • - Preventing duplicate foreign keys
    • - Preventing primary keys duplicated as indexes.
  • Reverse engineering MySQL schema modified to include all foreign keys.
  • UNSIGNED and ZEROFILL columns added to reverse and forward engineering of MySQL schemas.
  • Diagram saved when reverse engineering database schemas with auto-layout option set.
  • InterBase and Firebird reverse engineering modified to support Firebird 2.0 (in addition to Firebird 1.5), and Interbase (with lower case 'B').
  • Reverse engineering Sybase ASE supports multiple column indexes.
  • DDL Transformation modified to distinguish identifying relationships.
• Business Rule Modeling
  • Added support to export Rule Composer data as CSV.
  • 'Rule Composer' menu item has been disabled for all elements types, except Actions, stereotyped as <<RuleTask>>.
• BPEL Modeling and Generation
  • Minimum value can now be generated for BPMN 1.1 Loop Activity.
  • Loop condition can now be generated for BPMN 1.1 Multi-Instance Loop Activity.
  • 'Instantiate' tag on Event based Exclusive gateway mapping updated.
  • 'TimeDate' and 'TimeCycle' tag on Timer Intermediate Event mapping updated.
  • Added support for mapping the tag 'ErrorCode' on Error Intermediate Event in a normal flow.
  • Added support to ensure that the default gate of an Inclusive Gateway is taken only if the condition on all other gates fail.
  • BPEL Properties dialog for BPMN 1.1 Activity updated to correctly set the tag 'MessageRef'
  • BPEL Properties dialog for BPMN 1.1 IntermediateEvents updated to set the tag 'CatchOrThrow'
  • BPEL Properties dialog for Timer Event updated to treat 'Time Cycle' and 'Time Date' as mutually exclusive fields
  • BPEL Model Validator updated to check the Sequence Flows on an Intermediate Event in a normal flow
  • Events specified in a Multiple Start Event can now be mapped to a BPEL 'onMessage' element.
  • BPEL Model Validator updated to invalidate Processes containing more than one valid Start or End Event
  • BPEL Generator updated to generate the BPEL variable representing the WSDL Message for a Timer Start Event
  • Added support for Exception Flows that merge back into the Normal Flow (i) after the Activity and (ii) further Downstream
• Automation & Scripting
  • Added comprehensive library of VBScript example scripts - accessible from the Scripting window.
  • DeleteBaseline() method added to Project Interface.
  • Collection.DeleteAt now supports Connector Constraints.
  • Repository.GetContextObject() modified to return the Context Object, rather than the Project Browser's tree selection.
  • Auditing functions accepting dates have been improved.
  • Functions Repository.ActivateTab() and Repository.IsTabOpen() updated do handle tab names containing an ampersand.
  • Adjusted reporting of Enterprise Architect version from the automation interface.
• Version Control, Baselines and XML support
  • XSD import of ModelGroups improved to handle nested ModelGroups.
  • Added support to handle an incorrect result code that is returned by ClearCase when a check-out is canceled.
  • XSD and WSDL export now exclude RTF tags in notes fields.
  • 'Use DTD' in the 'Package Control Options' dialog is now disabled when saving Rose XMI 1.1 and XMI 2.1.
  • Import of Activity diagrams from XMI 2.1 files improved.
  • Import of element Z-Order from Rose XMI 1.1 files improved.
  • XMI 1.1 when using a DTD now supports round-tripping alternate-images.
  • XMI import process modified, to truncate Connector Role names at 50 characters, when importing into MySQL, Postgres, ASA or SQL Server.
  • Version Control check-out status, modified to use case-insensitive tests of user names.
  • Baseline comparison updated to include UML:Event elements.
  • Baseline comparison of cardinality on connectors corrected.
• User and Model Security
  • Diagram Switch Type command, now respects user permissions.
  • User & Group locks will now be preserved when re-importing from XMI.
• Other Changes
  • Performance improved when applying a profile stereotype to an element.
  • Performance improved performance when adding a profile element with tagged values.
  • Reference Data export filters improved.
  • Model View change notifications no longer triggered by model reload.
  • Added ability for a state's operations to refer to other behaviors in the model.
  • Operation return type classifier selection improved, to allow selection of InformationItem as a type.
  • Operation Behavior dialog's Initial Code field saving of text including percent symbols improved.
  • Integrity check on Oracle repositories modified to handle packages containing more than 1000 elements.
  • Model Search filter dialogs modified to use localized date formatting.
  • JUNIT test case output capture improved to ensure results are recorded accurately.
  • Boundary, ActivityPartition, InterruptibleActivityRegion and ExpansionRegion can now have connectors created to them using the quicklinker.
  • UMLProfile tagged values will now always retain their original namespace when the tagged value data is modified.
  • New 'Find in Project Browser' command added to Diagram Object's Inline Features context menu.
  • 'Style' field in Connector Properties dialog for connectors where tagged value '_Bezier' is set has been disabled.
  • Help button on the dialog 'Link to Element Feature', now opens the appropriate Help topic.
  • Import of tagged values when merging from baselines improved.
  • Java source code engineering now supports transient fields.
  • Instantiations of stereotyped elements now have their correctly-defined stereotypes applied.
  • OCL constraints checker modified to support isStereotyped OCL statements.

Changes and fixes for Build 845

• Technologies
  • Added SoaML (Service Oriented Architecture Modeling Language) technology for the Corporate Edition and above.
  • Added SOMF (Service Oriented Modeling Framework) technology.
  • Added non-normative SysML 1.1 extensions for Activity, Requirement and Parametric diagrams.
  • Improved SysML technology quick link definitions.
  • Updated SPEM 2.0 Technology: improved shape scripts and added missing elements to toolboxes.
  • Updated ArchiMate Technology: improved shape script for Meaning element.
  • Resolved namespace conflict with Zachman Technology and StrategyMap profiles.
  • Added 'none' value to flow ports' direction tagged value in SysML 1.1 profile.
  • Corrected base class of SysML's testCase stereotype.
• Diagramming
  • Improved WINE implementation of saving shapescripts to bitmaps, where rounded rects are involved.
  • Improved selection of text elements under WINE.
  • Improved display of Information Flow Items Conveyed under Lazy Load.
  • Improved undo of digraph layout to include connector waypoints.
  • Addressed possible crash when using the Enhanced 1 renderer and diagrams containing arcs are zoomed out to 5%.
  • Corrected rendering of hyperlinks that don't have an alias set.
  • Ensured that "Repeat Last Element" gets stereotype information from the correct profile.
  • Modified enabling of Diagram Object context menu item "Selectable", to use Diagram lock state rather than element lock state.
  • Improved connector positioning so that connectors don't overlap labels of elements that have an alternate image.
  • Allow hyperlinks to display the link as the label if no other name is specified.
  • Improved printing of elements that have their color changed by a stereotype.
  • Improved rendering of diagram legend lines in Enhanced 1 and Enhanced 2 rendering modes.
  • Allowed embedded parts to be dropped onto an element's child diagram as freestanding elements.
  • Updated and improved some quick link definitions.
  • Improved connector labels that are inside suppressed segment ends.
  • Added an option that sets whether metafiles are generated with GDI or GDI Plus.
  • Resolved an issue with Quick Buttons on interaction Fragments.
  • Resolved an issue with changing thickness of connector lines.
  • Changed color of selection highlight to red, for locked diagrams.
  • Resolved issue of moving self connectors when moving the element they are connected to.
  • Improved ability to move self-messages around a port.
• User Interface
  • Corrected handling of 'Custom Masked Tagged Value Type'.
  • Added intellisense to the Code Generation Template editor.
  • Added the ability to choose a toolbox from the Hyperlink Details dialog when setting up an Activate Toolbox hyperlink.
  • Added combobox that groups, link type and target type by MDG Technology in Create Link dialog.
  • Corrected double clicking behavior in element browser.
  • Improved save checking on forms with RTF controls.
  • Improved handling of favorite diagrams in the model views window for lazy loaded models.
  • Fixed problem assigning a classifier to a lifeline in a sequence diagram using the "Add New Element" button.
  • Corrected 'Find in Diagram' context option for diagrams displaying as an element list.
  • Corrected enabling of delete functionality in Rules and Scenarios dialog.
  • Made it possible to add CollaborationOccurrence elements to custom toolboxes.
  • Added ability to go to source code for linked method or attribute when source code for the current element isn't available.
  • Added asterisk indicator to tagged value to notify tag contains data.
  • Improved hit test on connector ends for connector context menu.
  • Improved Database View Editor intellisense by providing structural information on tables in the current model.
  • Added update of search view in Model Views window when double clicking search node.
  • Added Select / Deselect All button to Batch Document Generation dialog.
  • Fixed Properties tab allowing blank values on set property types.
  • Fixed Implementation Details dialog target types filter.
• Reporting
  • Addressed issue when generating HTML report using the Enhanced 1 renderer in 16 bit color mode.
  • File hyperlinks generated in RTF documents now work correctly in Word.
  • Improved rendering of Project Task/Issues/Glossary items in RTF documents.
  • Improved printing of images in RTF reports.
  • Resolved errors generating RTF report on Access 2007 repository.
  • Added an option to optimize RTF generation for Open Office - enables field overwrite and basic metafile support.
  • Modified rendering of RTF documents from EAP files to prevent an SQL error.
  • Improved resolution of MessageRef tagged values when generating RTF.
  • Corrected the inclusion of Package's Linked Documents within generated RTF reports.
  • Changed file filter to "*.jpg", for header image selection when generating HTML.
  • Corrected ability to search by GUID, for generated HTML documentation in web browsers under Linux.
• Data Modeling
  • Improved DDL Generation for Oracle GRANT Statement.
  • Improved import of Access 97-2000 primary key, check constraint and index names, and default values.
  • Added import of Access 97-2000 views.
  • Ensured default database is set when newly created element's stereotype is set to "table".
  • Improved DDL Generation for SQL Server and MySQL Foreign Key Constraints.
  • Added support for SET DEFAULT Foreign Key Constraints for SQL Server repositories.
  • Improvements to database datatypes dialog - added common type combo box..
• Code Engineering
  • Fixed a crash caused due to multiple nested decision-merge graphs in Actrivity diagrams.
  • Fixed parent data being removed when resetting code generation options.
  • Fixed unintended rendering of state-machine code stub.
  • Added code generation for C# partial and extension methods.
  • Improved position where new C++ namespaces are generated to code.
  • Addressed Reverse Engineering Progress dialog closing automatically.
  • Fixed display of element parent changes in diagram when synchronizing model with code.
  • Fixed parent data being removed when resetting code generation options.
  • Corrected possible duplicate package entries in Project View after importing of source code on a lazy loaded model.
  • Corrected Project View context issue after importing of source code.
• Business Rule Modeling
  • Improved Quicklinks for Rule Flow diagram.
  • Added support for referencing enumeration in allowable values field of Rule Composer.
  • Modified Import of Rule Composer data to handle enum references information.
  • Added ability to create link to an attribute in both condition & action table of Rule Composer.
  • Added support for returning values from Business Rule Flow behavior.
• XMI
  • Improved remapping of tagged values referring to other elements in the model, on import with strip guids on.
  • Fixed issue where the value of the global "Write Log" option ( in the "XML Specifications" section of the "Options" dialog ) does not get applied as the default value for "Write Log file" option in the "Import Package from XMI" dialog.
  • Improved XMI importer to retain external references, on importing with stripped guids.
  • Modified XMI 2.1 import to realize type information, even when EA specific information is turned off.
  • Modified XMI 2.1 export to render primitive types information as a href to the UML primitive types.
  • Fixed issue where enumeration-literals were sometimes not imported from XMI 2.1.
  • Improved Interaction parameters classifier type import in XMI2.1.
  • Improved primitive type information import from XMI 2.XX, exported by other tools.
  • Fixed issue where diagrams were sometimes not exported to XMI 2.1 when EA Specific tagged-values were excluded.
  • Added option to import XMI using sql transaction to prevent locking issues under some databases.
• General Changes
  • Corrected errors opening Use Case Metrics dialog on PostgreSQL repository.
  • Improved check whether currently open model is target of a project transfer.
  • Fixed baseline compare for Node elements.
  • Corrected extended search under PostgreSQL.
  • Added support for exporting user defined Status Types "Applies To" information.
  • Improved detection of whether sub-folders are version controlled by CVS.
  • Implemented use of sub folders for package files when new packages are automatically added to version control.
  • Addressed a database error when using a shapescript that contains an image on a case sensitive database.
  • Resolved issue in CSV import/export whereby elements were duplicated when GUIDS were provided in the specification.
  • Improved CSV import/export mechanism to correctly preserve the element hierarchy on import.
  • Corrected issue where Tagged Values would fail to synchronize for InformationFlow Relationships.
  • Corrected handling of EA_OnContextItemDoubleClicked broadcast when double clicking an item in the project browser.
  • Addressed issue with saving operation details after creating a new object via the project browser.
  • Corrected escaping of backslashes in literal strings on ASA repositories.
  • Fixed inadvertent loss of behavior classifier information on closing the behavior's properties dialog.
  • Fixed issue where changing values on the Save UML Profile dialog had no effect on the saved profile.
  • Fixed issue where any new Activity's return type was set to "Boolean" on creation.
  • Fixed MDG Technology Model Views remaining open after model has closed.
  • Fixed error when adding attribute stereotypes larger than 50 characters.
  • Fixed display of realization target and source names from different root nodes in compare utility.
  • Fixed display of ampersand in list of recently opened files.
  • Added asterisk memo indicator to memo tagged value.
  • Removed the need for "create" permission in the keystore directory when using floating licences.
  • Added baseline comparison option, "Suppress Advanced Properties"

Changes and fixes for Build 844

• Diagramming
  • Prevented drawing of tracking lines on Start Page.
  • Improved dragging of image from file system onto EA diagram.
  • Modified Link to Element Feature dialog to show current selection when opened.
  • Added handling of diagram hyperlink to activate a technology.
  • Improved creation of profiled connecters from the relationship matrix when require user lock to edit is on.
  • Improved drawing of dotted and dashed connector styles with a suppressed line segment.
  • Added the ability to specify the number of columns in a Box layout.
  • Fixed issue drawing Collaboration elements with long names and stereotypes.
  • Enabled the display of stereotypes on diagrams for elements that display their name in floating text labels (e.g. Ports).
• Documentation
  • Improved RTF generating time when rendering a template which contained a Table of Contents.
  • Improved formatting of connector notes in default HTML templates.
  • Added support for document generation from custom sql search returning only guids.
  • Improved resource report to ensure all are displayed after adding a resource to an element.
• Data Modeling
  • Improved database datatype mapping from Oracle to PostgreSQL.
  • Added database datatypes mapping for SQL Server 2008.
• Code Engineering
  • Modified Delphi code import to observe option for importing method bodies.
  • Improved code import where many | characters are used in class note.
  • Modified DDL Transformation to set foreign key not null based on Source Multiplicity.
• XMI
  • Improved XMI import when connected through the WAN Optimizer.
  • Improved import of tagged values and element constraints from XMI 2.1 generated by other tools.
• General Changes
  • Improved the process of saving the changes to an existing CSV import/export specification.
  • Improved loading of associated behavior information for an invocation.
  • Improved testing of diagram object's lock state, to ensure that 'Ctrl+Del' does not delete from the model, any diagram object locked by another user.
  • Improved the element lists filter to only include types that can be shown.
  • Corrected ability to create relationships in matrix when there was a name clash between profiles or technologies.
  • Improved handling of deleted elements in Rule Composer.
  • Prevented error when tab navigation arrows are pressed and no diagrams are open.
  • Removed a second error message that displayed when deleting a model branch containing checked-out VC packages.

• New: Editions of Enterprise Architect
  • Version 7.5 introduces 3 new editions of Enterprise Architect
  • Two editions target specific engineering domains
  • A third edition wraps up everything for the ultimate Enterprise Architect experience
  • Each edition bundles licenses for specific MDG products that target the needs of the domain engineer
  • Each edition supports advanced Behavioral Modeling and Code Generation
    • New custom dialogs for various behavioral elements to provide enhanced behavioral modeling capability.
  • Ability to generate source code from behavioral models.
  • Support for code generation from State Machines
  • Support for code generation from Activity Graphs
  • Support for code generation from Sequence Diagrams
• NEW: Enterprise Architect - Business & Software Engineering Edition
  • Targets software engineering, BPEL generation, behavioral code from business rules, integration with Visual Studio and Eclipse, and various frameworks
  • Includes all functionality in the Enterprise Architect Corporate Edition
  • Examples included in the Example model
  • Advanced Behavioral Modeling and Code Generation for standard coding languages
  • Business Rules Modeling and Code Generation
    • Support for Fact models
    • Support for Rule Flow models
    • New Rule Composer supports modeling and configuration of complex Business Rules from Fact and Rule Flow models
    • Support for behavioral code generation from modeled Rule Sets
  • Business Process Execution Language (BPEL) Support
    • Support for generating BPEL 1.1 from BPMN 1.1 models.
    • Introduced BPMN 1.1 Technology and BPEL diagram type
    • New property dialogs for BPMN 1.1 elements when placed on BPEL diagrams.
  • Support for additional advanced Math functions in the Enterprise Architect Scripting engine
  • MDG Technologies and Add-in licenses included (bundled) with the Business Engineering Edition
    • MDG Link/Integration for Microsoft Visual Studio
    • MDG Link/Integration for Eclipse
    • MDG Technology for Zachman Framework
    • MDG Technology for TOGAF
    • MDG Technology for DODAF/MODAF
• NEW: Enterprise Architect - Systems Engineering Edition
  • Targets systems, real-time engineering, behavioral code generation, executable UML
  • Includes all functionality in the Enterprise Architect Corporate Edition
  • Examples included in the Example model
  • Advanced Behavioral Modeling and Code Generation for HDL's, Ada and standard coding languages
  • Ada 2005 Language Support
    • Added Ada 2005 language support
  • Support for OMG SysML 1.1
  • Support for SysML Parametrics Simulation
  • Hardware Descriptions Languages Support
    • SystemC support added
    • VHDL support added
    • Verilog support added
  • Support for additional advanced Math functions in the Enterprise Architect Scripting engine
  • MDG Technologies and Add-in licenses included (bundled) with the Systems Engineering Edition
    • MDG Technology for SysML
    • MDG Link/Integration for Microsoft Visual Studio
    • MDG Link/Integration for Eclipse
    • MDG Technology for DDS
    • MDG Technology for DODAF/MODAF
• NEW: Enterprise Architect - Ultimate Edition
  • Combines all the features in the Business Engineering and Systems Engineering Editions
• New: 'built-in' MDG Technologies
  • Introduced MDG Technology for Strategic Modeling - including
    • Strategy Maps,
    • Balanced Scorecards,
    • Value Chains,
    • Flow Charts,
    • Decision Trees and
    • Organization Charts.
  • New MDG Technology for ArchiMate, which supports The Open Group's ArchiMate enterprise architecture standard.
  • New MDG Technology for SPEM, which supports version 2.0 of the OMG's Software Process Engineering Metamodel standard.
  • New MDG Technology for Business Rule Modeling. Supports modeling Business Rules in Enterprise Architect Business Engineering Edition
  • Web Modeling UML Profile now incorporated as a built-in MDG technology.
• New: Scripting support (Corporate Edition and above)
  • Write scripts inside Enterprise Architect using either VBScript, JScript or Javascript.
  • Full and immediate access to the Enterprise Architect automation object model
  • Built in Repository object to facilitate instant scripting
  • Built in Intellisense support for the Enterprise Architect Object Model
  • Built in Intellisense support for the major scripting language constructs on a per language basis
  • Advanced math functions are also supported in the Business and Systems Engineering versions of EA
  • Save scripts directly into the current model.
  • Save scripts to a local file, for use in all models.
  • Support for a "Scripts" subdirectory in the Enterprise Architect installation directory.
  • Support for Scripts embedded in MDG Technology files.
  • Ability to export scripts as reference data.
  • Default Session objects for printing out trace information
  • Console window for executing script commands in "immediate" mode
• New: Diagram Layout Window
  • Added new dockable window with 10 new layout styles.
  • Can help with manual layout, or automatically layout diagrams.
  • Each command includes configuration options, allowing you to customize the results.
  • Added new lateral connector style.
  • Added logic to automatically switch between horizontal and vertical tree style connectors.
• New and Improved WAN and Large Model Support (Corporate Edition and above)
  • Lazy Loading
    • Only implemented for DBMS connections (not for .EAP files)
    • Can greatly minimize the time taken to load large models and/or models accessed over a network with low bandwidth (eg. WAN).
    • Lazy Load capability defers loading of model packages until required by the client.
    • Is configurable on a per-connection basis, so two connections to the same DBMS can be configured with and without Lazy Load
    • Can be used in conjunction with the WAN Optimizer
  • WAN Optimizer
    • Lightweight server that can be installed on a LAN connection to the host DBMS
    • Accessible by WAN based clients over socket connection (eg. when client is on a WAN based VPN connection)
    • Acts as a local proxy to retrieve data and compress data for transmission to client
    • Significantly improves performance by reducing the amount of data transmitted and the number of network calls made
• New and improved Themes support
  • Added new visual themes (UI appearance) to choose from.
  • Modified all docked windows to support and use the current theme.
  • Configurable status bar
  • New status bar indicator "WAN" - active when the WAN Optimizer is enabled
  • New diagram zoom control in status bar
    • Allows for immediate configuration of a general "all diagram" zoom level.
    • Independent of the per diagram "zoom level" set by the diagram toolbar.
    • Ideal for viewing all diagrams at a higher zoom level on a per user basis.
• General Appearance, Performance and Reliability Improvements
  • Added "slideshow" model view type, which shows all the contained diagrams in order in fullscreen mode.
  • Added command from toolbox item context menu to synchronize the tagged values and constraints of a stereotype.
  • Added Directory custom tagged value type.
  • Added handling of C# 3.0 and VB 9.0 code constructs.
  • Added handling of localized decimal symbol in Estimation factors.
  • Added new functionality to validate the configuration settings for version controlled packages.
  • Added 'Realization' to Create Metaclass dialog in place of 'Realisation'.
  • Added specific warning about opening a read-only .eap file.
  • Added Stereotype column to Element List.
  • Added support for Code Modules in MDG technologies to specify the name of constructors etc.
  • Added support for creating profiled items from 'Create New Element' dialog.
  • Added support for moving required interfaces on sequence diagrams.
  • Added support for search filters on element Defects.
  • Added support for showing details of selected maintenance, project management and testing windows item in Notes Window.
  • Added support for showing generated XMI, XSD and WSDL files in EA's internal editor if an external viewer is not available
  • Added support for stripping GUIDs in tagged-values when importing an XMI 1.1 or XMI 2.1 file with Strip GUID option
  • Added support for using Sparx Keystore (shared keys) when running under Wine or Cross Over Office (Linux/Mac).
  • Added support to move or copy test cases between testing types of an element.
  • Added toolbar to search view, including an option for how to display the notes.
  • Corrected minor project transfer errors.
  • Corrected searches on Oracle that return over 1000 results.
  • Discontinued support for RealTime UML add-in (rolled into Systems Engineering Edition).
  • Fix configuration of model validation whitelists and blacklists.
  • Fix direction setting of quicklink connectors.
  • Fixed issue of missing association notes during XSD Import.
  • Fixed issue when remove Trigger from Transition.
  • Fixed issue where the "aggregation" attribute was set incorrectly on the generated XMI 2.1 for Association connector
  • Fixed transfer of connectors owned state in Package transformation.
  • Improve project transfer to and from Access 2007.
  • Improved auditing performance.
  • Improved baseline comparison of element scenarios.
  • Improved creation of operation returning arrays from transformation templates.
  • Improved current context immediately after dropping an element from the project browser.
  • Improved display of combo boxes listing available searches.
  • Improved display of stereotyped Activity Partitions.
  • Improved drawing and tracking of Ports and Parts with shapescripts when bound to their owning parent
  • Improved drawing of connectors drawn with dashed lines in tree style.
  • Improved drawing of formatted notes to diagram where the selected font contains unicode characters.
  • Improved drawing of long element stereotypes on sequence diagrams.
  • Improved GDI+ metafiles when generating RTF documents
  • Improved general performance in models containing a large number of security locks.
  • Improved highlight of features in diagram when selecting feature in dialog.
  • Improved loading time of the Classifier Dialog in very large models.
  • Improved performance of 'Insert Related Elements' command when a large numbers of elements will be inserted.
  • Improved performance when applying a security lock to a package.
  • Improved performance when moving large numbers of elements on a diagram (in a single step).
  • Improved reliability when using case sensitive MSSQL model
  • Improved resources usage while loading EA and displaying diagrams.
  • Improved Set Element Classifier dialog loading time.
  • Improved snapping of connector line points to perpendicular line segments.
  • Improved synchronization of attributes and methods with tagged values.
  • Improved synchronization of profiled attributes and operations when dropping from the resource tree.
  • Improved version control performance when creating context menus.
  • Improved XMI 2.1 export of types using predefined common types.
  • Introduced an "All Scenarios" option as a target for notes linked to element features.
  • Made type of bool/boolean tagged values in profiles case-insensitive.
  • MDG Technology for ArchiMate: changed shape scripts for interface and collaboration elements.
  • Modified CSV import routine to only allow EA style GUIDS for the GUID field.
  • Modified handling of text elements so that they automatically resize to fit the text being displayed.
  • Modified HTML export to only copy local files to generated location.
  • Modified lists for docked maintenance, project management and testing windows to preserve absolute column widths instead of percentages.
  • Modified state table to only show state elements.
  • Observe element locking with the quicklinker.
  • Prevent a crash that may occur when deleting an element and its children from the search view window
  • Prevent access to "Lock Item" dialog, through Diagram toolbars and menus, for Diagram Objects locked by other users.
  • Prevent an error when using recent MySQL ODBC drivers which do not correctly support alternate images (binary data)
  • Prevent deletion of packages which contain child items checked out to any other user in a version controlled model
  • Project management element resource allocation added to core auditing level.
  • Redirected instant help for BPMN elements.
  • Restored Expand Branch functionality in Project Browser.
  • Updated diagrams after deleting link from Rules and Scenarios window.
  • Updated drawing of artifacts to account for long names.
  • Use transparent icons when generating HTML reports.Improved handling of transforming operations that return an array.
• Automation
  • Added support for Collection.GetByName for the MethodTags collection.
  • Support generating RTF Master Documents via IProject.RunReport.
• Baseline
  • Added ability to compare requirement stability.
• Code Generation
  • Added ability to list over the following properties of elements in code or transform templates.
    • Constraint, Effort, LinkedFile, Metric, Problem, Requirement, Resource, Risk, Scenario, Test
  • Added parsing of Actionscript 3 Vector type.
  • Added parsing of VB.Net functions without parameter lists.
  • Added transform of ExecutionEnvironment, StateMachine and Trigger element types.
• Code & Script Editor Changes
  • All new, intelligent code and scripting editor.
  • Added syntax highlighting to the Initial Code field of the operation behavior dialog.
  • Allowed the appearance of Common Code Editor calltips to be specified in the corresponding configuration files.
  • Autocomplete functionality based on elements and features within the currently open model
  • Automatic indenting for supported languages.
  • Faster loading with support for more languages and larger files
  • Improved brace matching.
  • Improved Javascript engine to better support use of the global Repository as the default scripting object
  • Improved syntax highlighting for a much wider set of languages.
  • Intellisense and autocomplete functionality built in.
  • Intellisense support added for shape scripts, database view element sql and custom search query sql editors.
  • Prevented Code Editor key combinations from opening EA dialogs bound to the same key combination.
• Data Modeling
  • Added support for DDL generation of SQL Server index INCLUDE.
  • Allow for inbuilt editor to view generated DDL.
  • Corrected error importing schema from DB2 that includes table aliases.
  • Corrected middle top label for foreign keys.
  • Corrected reverse engineering of indexes from Oracle ensuring all indexes are imported.
  • Ensured composite indexes imported from PostgreSQL contain all columns.
  • Improved DBView dialog handling of objects not loaded on a diagram.
  • Improved DDL Generation for Foreign Key Constarint Tags for Oracle Databases.
  • Improved DDL Generation for ORACLE INDEX Properties.
  • Improved DDL Generation for Oracle Storage Clauses.
  • Improved DDL Generation for sp_addextendedproperty statement for SQL Server databases.
  • Improved DDL Generation for Storage Clauses for UNIQUE and PRIMARY KEY Constraints in Oracle.
  • Improved Drop Sequence Statement generation for PostgreSQL Database.
  • Improved generation of DDL for MySQL data models having circular foreign key references.
  • Improved import of Integer columns from MySQL to display correctly in the Foreign Key dialog.
  • Improved Import of Oracle TIMESTAMP WITH TIMEZONE and TIMESTAMP WITH LOCAL TIME ZONE datatypes.
  • Improved Import of SQL Server 2008 datatypes.
  • Improved MDA Transformation to allow foreign keys to be NULL.
  • Improved Order of DDL Generation.
  • Improved OWNER Name generation in DDL for PostgreSQL repository.
  • Improved support for table properties in Oracle.
  • Improved Table property dialog box after importing from SQL Server 2008.
  • Prevent editing of Foreign Key connector labels and foreign key direction.
  • Prevent generation of Oracle foreign key names over 30 characters long.
  • Stop error/warning messages about sysproperties tables when importing SQL Server 2008.
  • Support for Geography and Geometry Datatypes for SQL Server 2008.
• Improved debugging/profiling capabilities
  • Added debug control window to manage debugging sessions and windows
  • Allow greater set of operands when constructing state transition constraints
  • Breakpoints now show error messages when failing to bind
  • Create data bound breakpoints which activate on changes to data variables
  • Enable / Disable diagnostic logging function for debug sessions
  • Evaluate global / static variables using the Autos window
  • Modified all debugging windows to allow separate docking to create a detailed debugging environment
  • More stringent matching of source code to binaries during debugging
  • Package scripts for selected class or package can be accessed directly using the Debugger Control Window.
  • Record/Create sequence diagrams for the current stack or history
• Diagram Rendering Engine - New and Improved
  • Added display of compartments provided by SysML and DDS.
  • Added support for setting background colors of non-transparent UI Controls in diagram.
  • All new anti-aliased rendering of diagrams
  • Configurable with 3 different modes
    • Basic : no smoothing
    • Enhanced 1 : inbuilt smoothing
    • Enhanced 2 : smoothing via GDI+ (Not available under WINE)
  • Improved gradient fills of all elements
  • Metafile support for anti-aliased drawing (Not available under WINE and only supported by some client applications, such as MS Word)
  • Numerous enhancements to metafiles and generalized drawing routines
  • Smoothing of all lines and shapes, including shape scripted elements
• General Diagramming Behavior
  • All new "Quick" buttons activated when element selected in diagram
    • Quick access to formatting commands
    • Quick access to common dialogs and commands
    • Quick access to Help for the current element
    • Quick access to Document generation for packages
  • Added new "sweeper" method for moving all elements relative to the mouse position on a diagram.
    • To activate press and hold the ALT key, then click the left mouse button and drag
    • The initial movement will set the type and direction of the "sweeper" control
    • Elements on the active side (or quadrant) of the sweeper will be moved only
  • Added a small red italic "A" indicator to diagram elements which have a defined linked document
  • Changed from single click to double click for timeline element quickbuttons.
  • Ensure packages dropped on a diagram from the project browser are always selectable.
  • Improved drawing of bezier curves with offscreen control points
  • Modified horizontal swimlanes to have a minimum height.
  • Separated a number of options relating to diagram appearance onto a new options page.
• Discussion Forum Improvements
  • Added "Recent Discussion" node to the Model Views window for quick access to discussion topics
  • Improved general usability of forum editor
  • Modified discussion forum to edit posts inside window instead of new dialog.
• Documentation - HTML and RTF
  • Added #CLASSIFIER# to "Object - Body" section of HTML reports.
  • Added #STEREOTYPE# to "Link Line Item" section.
  • Added a "Model Document" (insert element linked document) field to RTF templates under the "External Requirements" section
  • Added Header Row menu item to RTF Document editor.
  • Added menu "Update Styles" to Linked document and RTF Template editors - imports default styles from file "normal.rtf"
  • Added menu item "Insert->Insert RTF File" to Linked document and RTF Template editors.
  • Added new section "Linked Document".
  • Common settings are saved when the generate dialog is closed.
  • Corrected heading level when generating Model Documents.
  • Ensure .rtf extension for all RTF reports.
  • Improved documentation on section Tags in HTML reports.
  • Improved filtering of elements from search in RTF generation.
  • Improved generation of scenarios to legacy RTF generator.
  • Improved inserting of OLE objects to allow for a wider range of objects in RTF.
  • Improved user experience and general RTF bug fixes
  • Internal Requirements are now sorted by name.
  • New RTF fields for Author and Language in the Package section.
  • Resource based Documents now restore options they're saved with when generating.
  • Table headings are now displayed correctly when filtering is used.
  • Viewing RTF documents has Header/Footer on by default.
• Improved Element List and Search Results windows
  • Drag and drop columns to form instant groupings
  • Easier navigation
  • Improved performance and loading times
  • Improved search view and element list to allow arbitrary grouping
• Improved WINE support
  • Improved performance under WINE. Application no longer causes high CPU load while idle.
  • Removed separate WINE build, WINE is now automatically detected by normal version.
• Model Views, Searches and Element List
  • Added capability for model/search views automatic refreshing and notifying when new items are added.
    • See model views folder properties dialog.
    • With custom queries and integrated security supports implementation of flexible workflow procedures
  • Added hot keys to launch model view as element list (report style list)
  • Added option to set double click as "Open Search in Main Window" or "Refresh Folder Contents"
  • Custom searches returning ad hoc columns now show a best-fit column width based on column content
  • Column layout and grouping is now preserved for all search types between sessions
  • Modified the drop list of Searches (eg. in the Manage Searches dialog) to categorize searches by type
  • Printing the report view now takes landscape orientation into account
  • Search entry on the "Start Page" changed to use Extended, rather than Simple search
• Modeling Changes
  • Added new behavioral modeling property tabs for various behavioral elements.
  • Added new type "Packaging Component". This allows for creation of components that can contain packages.
  • Added support for activity partitions, and other elements selected by the user to dock to each other.
  • Added support for composite interfaces.
  • Added support for connectors between attributes and operations. (Link objects then specify the linked features.)
  • Added support for Device elements owning ExecutionEnvironment elements.
  • Changed display of derived attributes so that the '/' is drawn immediately before the name.
  • Changed display of interface elements to not use italic font, in accordance with UML 2.1 specification.
  • Extended list of element types for which status colors can be displayed.
  • Improved attribute/association end comparison in model validation.
  • Improved handling of language-specific visibilities in model validation.
  • Improved syntax checking for interrupt flows.
• MDG Technology Enhancements
  • Ability to define custom Project Browser icons for stereotypes in a technology.
  • Ability to disable the "Basic UML 2 Technology" and to hide EA's built-in toolboxes, diagrams and quicklinks for a fully customizable experience.
  • Added support for defining toolbox items for UML Patterns.
  • Added support for including Scripts in Technologies
  • Added support for specifying default swimlanes and diagram properties for custom diagram types.
  • Allow tree-style connectors to be defined in UML Profiles.
  • MDG Technology for BPMN upgraded to support BPMN 1.1.
• Printing
  • Enable setting margins to diagram print/print preview.
  • Improved "scale to 1 page" capability
  • Improved handling of page size after changing printer.
  • Improved printing of diagram frames.
• Project Security (Corporate Edition and above)
  • Added ability to import user ids for security from Windows Active Directory.
  • Added check for export permission for Batch XMI Export.
• Rich text based notes
  • Notes editor now appears with an isolating grey border and small margin to increase readability
  • Applies to all instances of the notes editor
  • Docked notes, element properties, diagram properties & etc.
  • Rich text notes have also been added to many more fields, including (but not limited to):
    • Additional testing fields
    • Maintenance fields
    • Project management fields
• Shape Scripts
  • Added diagram.connectornotation property for connector shape scripts.
  • Added shape script attribute dockable.
  • Added shape script attribute fixedAspectRatio.
  • Added shape script property "diagram.mdgtype" for identifying custom diagrams.
• Slideshow Capability
  • For presentations and demonstrations based on model diagrams
  • Play a Model View "slideshow" either at a set pace, or manually - slide by slide
  • Slideshows play in full-screen mode
  • Support for defining a Model View as a "slideshow"
• User Interface
  • Added a "Set Font" button on the format toolbar
  • Added a menu option to find a CallOperationAction's operation in the project tree.
  • Added a menu option to find a Port or Part's classifier in the project tree.
  • Added a new button to the UML Elements toolbar - provides a menu driven drop list of all available elements and connectors
  • Added Text, Hyperlink, Diagram Legend and Diagram Notes to the Common toolbox.
  • Baseline comparison now only shows changed elements by default.
  • Code page enumeration errors are no longer reported to the System Output bar.
  • Enabled execution of user specified "Tools", when no model is loaded.
  • Expand User Interface toolbox to include all UI control subtypes.
  • Extended search term string entry capacity.
  • Fixed display of tagged values in element compartments on diagrams under MySQL (applies to very long values only))
  • Improved behavior of relationship matrix when using settings based on a profile.
  • Improved handling of cursor when showing context menu for diagram.
  • Improved handling of regional formatting in the Time Allocated field of the Docked Resources Window.
  • Improved keyboard navigation around the CSV Specification dialog.
  • Improved list of code languages available to import when languages in database are disabled.
  • Improved Project Browser multiselect under Vista
  • Modified hyperlink properties dialog to allow selection of the different types of hyperlinks that are available.
  • Modified options dialog to show the help for the currently open page
  • Modified Project Transfer dialog to allow reading full values of source and target project fields.
  • Modified use case resize to provide visual feedback of the actual size.
  • Option "No warning for spaces in class names" extended to attribute and operation names.
  • Prevent "Drop as Port or Part" dialog from popping up when dropping a class onto a partition.
  • Removed display of database version in connection name and type dialog.
• Version Control
  • Fixed issue where importing operation tags whose value contained more than 255 characters caused database errors during an XMI 2.1 import.
  • Improved listing of sub-folder content using Get Package function with Perforce.
  • Improved 'undo check-out' of TFS controlled packages, following offline check-out.
  • Improved version control functionality for packages with version control configurations that are undefined.
  • Modified version control to honor last-known package statuses, when EA cannot communicate with version control provider.
• Visual Execution Analyzer
  • Addressed infrequent issue of activation levels being drawn incorrectly in generated sequence diagrams
  • Debugging of Microsoft .NET managed C++ projects had issue with losss of stack frames and missing class names which has been resolved.
  • Failures attaching to processes under Windows Vista have been addressed.
• XSD & XMI import/export
  • Added support for importing UseCase "include" and "extend" connectors from StarUML exported XMI.
  • Added support for importing a top-level element, that does not have a "type" attribute or inline definition, as an XSDtopLevelElement.
  • Corrected export of Interaction Fragment type to XMI 2.1.
  • Corrected export of parent package GUIDs to XMI 1.1.
  • Fixed issue where label co-ordinates may not be round-tripped correctly using XMI.
  • Fixed issue where modelGroup was sometimes generated after XSDattributes in an XSDcomplexType class.
  • Fixed issue where namespace-prefixes were incorrectly generated in XML Schema.
  • Improved export of ActivityPartitions and its contents to XMI 2.1.
  • Improved import of notes on elements when importing from Rose exported XMI 1.1 and EMX file.