EXPORT



Export one or several diagrams to the  special	import	tool
TCL  format  which  is	interpreted  by	`otsh' using the `-b
import'	option.


1.  Export File

Type defaults to `tcl'
     If	`Type defaults to tcl' is enabled  and	no  type  is
     specified	for  the  export file, then ``.tcl'' will be
     appended.

Default	Name
     If	one diagram is to be  exported,	 the  export  file's
     default  name will	be the name of the diagram.  If	mul-
     tiple diagrams are	to be exported,	then it	defaults  to
     the name of the current system.

Browse...
     By	pressing `Browse...', a	file  chooser  will  pop  up
     with which	an export file can be selected.


2.  Export Options

Append output to export	file
     If	the export file	already	exists,	it  is	possible  to
     append  the  generated export script to it, by enabling
     `Append output to export file'.

Global View
     Because some properties are visible in the	entire	sys-
     tem,  or  even in the entire phase, it is possible	that
     these are exported	several	times.	This can be disabled
     by	 enabling  `Global View', which	means that such	pro-
     perties are exported only once.  That one time is	when
     the  diagram  in which such a property has	been defined
     for the first time, is exported.  It is therefore	pos-
     sible that, when this defining diagram is not exported,
     the property will not be exported	at  all.   See	also
     `Tips' below.

Implicit Export
     When a class is created using the Class Diagram Editor,
     the editor	implicitly creates a Class Definition Matrix
     (CDM) for the class.  This	behavior can be	imitated  in
     the  export  script by enabling `Implicit Export'.	 The
     default is	that every diagram must	be  exported  expli-
     citly.  See also `Tips' below.

Omit levelpath from
     In	the exported TCL file, levelpath  information,	like
     the diagram name, will be present.	 If the	levelpath is
     omitted from `System' on, this means  that	 the  system
     name  and	all  higher levelpath components will not be
     present in	the export file.  When	the  full  levelpath
     should  be	specified, `Omit levelpath from' must be set
     to	`N/A'.	See also `Tips'	below.


3.  Tips

When a Class Diagram needs to be  exported  with  all  class
information present, enable `Implicit Export'.

When exporting all diagrams in a system,  disable  `Implicit
Export'.   If  the  system  name is not	important, set `Omit
levelpath from'	to `System'.  Else  set	 it  to	 `Phase'  or
higher.

When an	entire phase needs to be exported (by exporting	 all
diagrams  in all its systems), enable `Global View' and	dis-
able `Implicit Export'.	 Set `Omit  levelpath  from'  to  at
least `Phase'.

When a diagram needs to	be exported for	inclusion in  a	 bug
report	or  an	e-mail,	 disable  `Global  View'  and enable
`Implicit Export'.  Set	`Omit  levelpath  from'	 to  such  a
value,	that  the  receiver  gets the full picture.  When in
doubt, set it to `N/A'.