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- EXPORT
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- Export one or several diagrams to the special import tool
- TCL format which is interpreted by `otsh' using the `-b
- import' option.
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- 1. Export File
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- 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.
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- 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.
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- Browse...
- By pressing `Browse...', a file chooser will pop up
- with which an export file can be selected.
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- 2. Export Options
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- 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'.
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- 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.
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- 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.
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- 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.
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- 3. Tips
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- When a Class Diagram needs to be exported with all class
- information present, enable `Implicit Export'.
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- 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.
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- 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'.
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- 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'.
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