1) We have found that most times the intention was to attach the note to the
messages themselves but instead wound up being attached to the focus of
control,
which is easy to do if not careful.
2) More importantly, if you turn off the focus of control, (tools:options,
Diagram tab), the Note no longer has anything to be attached to. By not
allowing you to attach to the focus of control, Rose avoids this
potential problem.
So the only way I know to document additional conditions, is by attaching
directly to the message.
Patrick Kennedy
Rational Support
On Jun 11, 12:02, Styve, Arne wrote:
> Subject: RE: (ROSE) Attatching notes to diagram-items....
> Thanks for the response, Patrick !
>
> The enclosed script for moving note-anchors was good !
>
> BUT I didn't quite get an answer to WHY it is not possible to anchor a note
> to a FOC. Why do I want it ? Well, we've adapted a way of documenting
> conditions (which, as far as I know, is not supported in the current
> UML-standard, at least not the part supported by Rose, or am I wrong ?) by
> adding a Note saying "If <condition> is <so-and-so>" and anchored the note
> to the FOC describing that single condition.
>
> If you have any other (and hopefully better) proposals of how to document
> conditions in a sequence diagrame, I would be very greatefull :-)
>
> Regards
>
> Arne Styve
>
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Patrick Kennedy [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
> > Sent: Friday, June 08, 2001 6:13 PM
> > To: Styve, Arne; [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> > Subject: Re: (ROSE) Attatching notes to diagram-items....
> >
> >
> > ##############################################################
> > ##############
> >
> > TechnoteID: 14191
> >
> > Subject: Why do I get errror when loading my model in Rose
> > 2001? It loaded in
> > previous version.
> >
> > PRODUCT: Rose
> > OS: PC
> > DEFECT #: N/A
> > PATCH #: N/A
> > REFERENCES:
> >
> > CREATED: 08-dec-2000
> > REVISED: dd-mmm-yyyy
> >
> >
> > QUESTION:
> > Why do I get errors when loading my model in Rose 2001?
> > It's loading without
> > any errors in previous version of Rose.
> >
> > ANSWER:
> > Rose 2001 has enhanced capability to verify that the model is modeled
> > correctly.
> >
> > An example.
> > In Rose 2000e it was possible to attach a note to the focus
> > of control for an
> > object when modeling sequence diagrams. This is easily done
> > by mistake when
> > trying to attach the note to a message. Rose 2000e would
> > not report this as a
> > problem. Loading such a model would give the following errors:
> > 15:57:47| Loading unit Logical View::Startup Use Cases from file
> > C:\Models\Use Cases.cat
> > 15:57:47| Error: Illegal connection, must connect to a note.
> > 15:57:47| Error: Illegal connection, must connect to a note.
> > 15:57:47| Error: Illegal connection, must connect to a note.
> > 15:57:47| Error: Illegal connection, must connect to a note.
> >
> > This error is reporting that a note is not attached
> > correctly. Identify the
> > note and redraw the note anchor to the message instead of the
> > focus of control
> > and the error will not appear again.
> >
> > For more information, contact Rational Software Technical Support
> >
> > ##############################################################
> > ##############
> >
> > TechnoteID: 14800
> >
> > Subject: Error: Illegal Connection, must connect to a note.
> >
> > PRODUCT: Rose 2001
> > OS: Windows
> > DEFECT #:
> > PATCH #:
> > REFERENCES:
> >
> > CREATED: 23-Jan-2001
> > REVISED: 31-jan-2001
> >
> >
> > SYMPTOM:
> >
> > When loading in Rose 2001 a model created with a previous version
> > of Rose I get the error in the Rose Log:
> >
> > Error: Illegal Connection, must connect to a note.
> >
> > CAUSE:
> >
> > In Rose 2001 a Note cannot be anchored to a Focus of Control (FOC).
> > This was allowed in Rose 2000e. Rose 2001 displays
> > the error above when it loads a model containing a note
> > anchored to a FOC
> > and subsequently loads the model entirely (in particular, the
> > note is visible,
> > and it is still anchored to the FOC).
> >
> > RESOLUTION:
> >
> > Locate the note and anchor it to a different item, most
> > probably you'll want
> > to anchor it to the message corresponding to the FOC.
> > The following script will help you to locate the notes that
> > cause this problem
> > by writing to the rose log the qualified name of the Diagram
> > in which they are
> > located and the Text they contain.
> > To run the script: save it as 'FindNoteLinkedToFOC.ebs
> > Load the model, open the script file from Tools->Open Script
> > and choose Debugger->Go (F5).
> >
> > '************************************************************
> > 'FindNoteLinkedToFOC.ebs
> > '
> > 'In Rose 2001 Notes connected to a FOC cause
> > 'the following error upon startup:
> > '
> > 'Error: Illegal Connection, must connect to a note.
> >
> > 'This script reports in the Rose Log all the Notes
> > 'connected to a FOC.
> > 'For each note it lists:
> > 'the text of the note and the diagram it belongs to.
> > '
> > '
> > 'Written by: Lara Ziosi ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) 01/23/2001
> > '
> > '************************************************************
> > Sub findNoteLinkedToFOC(thescen As scenariodiagram, _
> > ByRef NF As Integer)
> > Dim theitemView As RoseItemView
> > Dim thenotes As noteviewcollection
> >
> > Dim thenote As noteview
> > Dim mycoll As New noteviewcollection
> >
> >
> > For i = 1 To thescen.itemviews.count
> > Set theitemview = thescen.itemviews.getat(i)
> >
> >
> > Set thenotes = theitemview.getattachednotes()
> > If thenotes.count > 0 And _
> > theitemview.getpropertyclassname = "FocusOfCtl" Then
> >
> >
> > For k = 1 To thenotes.count
> >
> > Set thenote = thenotes.getat(k)
> > NF = NF+1
> > roseapp.writeerrorlog str(NF)+ _
> > ". FOC connected to Note: "
> > roseapp.writeerrorlog "[Diagram Name] "
> > roseapp.writeerrorlog _
> > thescen.getqualifiedname
> > If thenote.text = "" Then
> > roseapp.writeerrorlog "[Note Text]"
> > roseapp.writeerrorlog "<empty Text>"
> > Else
> > roseapp.writeerrorlog "[Note Text] "
> > roseapp.writeerrorlog thenote.text
> > End If
> > Next k
> >
> > End If
> > Next i
> >
> > End Sub
> >
> >
> > Sub Main
> > Dim themodel As model
> > Dim thescen As scenariodiagram
> > Set themodel = roseapp.currentmodel
> > Dim thecat As category
> > Dim theUC As UseCase
> > Dim NotesFound As Integer
> >
> > NotesFound = 0
> >
> > roseapp.writeerrorlog _
> > "[Start Looking for Notes attached to FOCs]"
> > 'Search in categories
> > For i = 1 To themodel.getallcategories.count
> > Set thecat = themodel.getallcategories.getat(i)
> >
> > For j = 1 To thecat.scenariodiagrams.count
> >
> > Set thescen = thecat.scenariodiagrams.getat(j)
> > Call findNoteLinkedToFOC(thescen,NotesFound)
> > Next j
> > Next i
> > 'Search in Use cases
> > For i = 1 To themodel.getallusecases.count
> > Set theUC = themodel.getallusecases.getat(i)
> >
> > For j = 1 To theUC.scenariodiagrams.count
> >
> > Set thescen = theUC.scenariodiagrams.getat(j)
> > Call findNoteLinkedToFOC(thescen,NotesFound)
> > Next j
> > Next i
> >
> > roseapp.writeerrorlog _
> > "[Finished Looking for Notes attached to FOCs]"
> > If NotesFound > 0 Then
> > msgbox str(NotesFound)+_
> > " Note(s) found, connected to FOCs -- see the log for details"
> > Else
> > msgbox "No Note(s) found, connected to FOCs"
> > End If
> >
> > End Sub
> >
> >
> > For more information, contact Rational Software Technical Support.
> >
> > ##############################################################
> > ##############
> >
> > Patrick Kennedy
> > Rational Support
> >
> > On Jun 8, 11:31, Styve, Arne wrote:
> > > Subject: (ROSE) Attatching notes to diagram-items....
> > >
> > > Hi,
> > >
> > > I'm testing the latest (I think) version of Rose on an
> > older model-file I
> > > had, and when loading the old model-file in v3001.03.00 of
> > Rose, I get
> > > error-messages when loading some of my sequence-diagrams.
> > It turns out that
> > > the errors are related to Note Ancors between a Note and a
> > Focus Of Control
> > > (FOC). This was allowed in previous version of Rose, but
> > apparently not in
> > > this version. Is this correct ? If so, does anyone know WHY it's not
> > > possible anymore ?
> > >
> > > According to the online-help:
> > >
> > > --- quote ---
> > >
> > > You can draw the following relationships:
> > >
> > > Draw From a Note to:
> > > Note Anchor Any item that can be selected in a diagram
> > > Note Anchor Multiple items
> > > Note: Anchors cannot be attached to other note anchors.
> > >
> > > Copyright � 2000 Rational Software Corporation. All rights reserved.
> > >
> > > --- unquote -----
> > >
> > > it should be possible to draw a note anchor from a note to
> > a FOC, since FOC
> > > is certanly an "..item that can be selected in a diagram"....
> > >
> > > Regards
> > >
> > > Arne Styve
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