Andrea,
Listed
below is a Solution that you might find
helpful:
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QUESTION:
Is there a mechanism to
store virtual paths for the file attachments to model
elements. Is this
possible to do? If so, how?
ANSWER:
Yes this is possible.
Essentially this works the same way as it does for
controlled units.
Listed below are two different scenarios. One involves a
situation where a file is not yet attached to a use case and the other involves
a situation where the file is already attached to a use case.
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1.
Let us consider a situation where you want to attach a
file to a use case
but you want the path to the
file to be denoted by a pathmap and not by a hard
coded
path.
- Lets say that you have a model called myModel.mdl. This
model has a use case
called UC1 and you want to attach a
file called File1 to UC1. Lets say that
File1
exists in a folder called C:\myDir\myFiles
- First do a
File|Edit Pathmap. In the Virtual Pathmap dialog box define a new
pathmap called $MYFILES and map this to the C:\myDir\myFiles
directory. Then
apply the changes and close the dialog
box.
- Now attach the File1 file to the UC1 usecase.
Although the Use Case
Specification will indicate that the path to the
File1 file is
C:\myDir\myFiles, in fact the $MYFILES
pathmap will be used to denote the path
to File1. You
can verify this by saving the model and then opening up the .mdl
file in a text editor. You will see that $MYFILES is
being used and not
C:\myDir\myFiles. Keep in mind though if you do
open the model file in a text
editor be sure not to alter the
file in any way by adding an extra space or a
carriage
return etc. This would cause problems when you try to open the model
file later.
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2. Now consider
another situation where you have a model file called
myModel.mdl which contains a
usecase called UC1 that has a file called File1
attached to it. File1 resides in
the C:\myDir\myFiles directory.
- Once again do a
File|Edit Pathmap. In the Virtual Pathmap dialog box define
a new
pathmap called $MYFILES and map this to the C:\myDir\myFiles
directory.
Then apply the changes and close the dialog
box.
- Now you need to make some small change to the
model and then save it over
in order for the pathmapped path to be picked
up instead of the hard coded
path. This could be any sort of
change such as adding an attribute and
deleting it or moving something
around in a diagram etc., i.e. anything that
would force Rose to save the
model over. The change from the hard coded path
to the pathmapped
path would occur when Rose resaves the model. If your model
contains controlled units and if the usecase with the attached
file is located
in a controlled unit then you would need
to make some small change in the
controlled unit package and then save the
model in order to force Rose to
resave the .cat
file.
- Once again you wont see in the
Use Case Specification that the virtual
pathmap is being used instead of the hard coded
path. However when you open
the .mdl (or the .cat)
file in a text editor you will see that the
pathmap is
being used. Again, be sure not to
edit the .mdl (or .cat) file in the text
editor even by accident since that would
affect the model when you try to open
it up next.
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For
more information, contact Rational Software Customer
Service.
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Regards
Vishu
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-----Original
Message-----
From: Andrea
Fasanella [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
Sent: Thursday, June 20, 2002 5:14
AM
To:
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: (ROSE) manage links to external
docs
hi
all
my Rose
model has several external docs linked to it
When you
link an external doc, the pathname of the external file is
absolute.
By this
way, if you move the model, the pathnames of the external docs
should be
changed
and that it's really time consuming
Does
anyone know if it's possible to make them relative ?
Would it
be possible to use a environment variabile ?
Thanks,
bye
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