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FAQ
Find answers to frequently asked questions (FAQ) about DB Visual ARCHITECT (DB-VA).
General Questions
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Q :What is Visual Paradigm Suite (VP Suite)?
A :Visual Paradigm Suite is a group of software designed to accelerate your development in the whole software development life-cycle. It includes Visual Paradigm for UML (VP-UML), Smart Development Environment (SDE), Business Process Visual ARCHITECT (BP-VA), DB Visual ARCHITECT (DB-VA), Agilian (AG) and DB Visual ARCHITECT SQL (DB-VA SQL). -
Q :What is DB Visual ARCHITECT (DB-VA)?
A :DB-VA is an easy-to-use object-relational mapping (ORM) environment. DB-VA provides a sophisticated UML Class Diagram and Entity Relationship Diagram for modeling the mapping between Object-Oriented view and Relational view. DB-VA also generates a cost-effective, reliable, scalable and high-performance object to relational mapping layer. The generated mapping layer includes the support of transaction, cache and other optimized feature. DB-VA increases the productivity and reduces the risk of developing mapping layer manually significantly. -
Q :Where can I download the DB-VA?
A :DB-VA is bundled inside the VP Suite. You can download the latest version of VP Suite at the following link:
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Q :What user languages are available?
A :Besides English, DB-VA comes with Traditional Chinese, Simplified Chinese, German and Japanese. -
Q :Can I participate in translating DB-VA into other user languages?
A :We welcome users who are interested to participate in translating DB-VA into other user languages. For more details, please contact translation@visual-paradigm.com -
Q :Can I install more than one copy of DB Visual ARCHITECT on the same machine?
A :Yes, you can install multiple copy of DB Visual ARCHITECT on the same machine. -
Q :My Report Writer becomes grayed and inactive after creating a new report. Why this happen?
A :We found that there are some problems for the Report Writer if the user's name contains space character. To solve this problem, please run Report Writer under a user account containing no spaces for its name. -
Q :Can I use Report Writer on Linux?
A :We are sorry that Report Writer currently only support Windows platform. -
Q :I am unable to launch DB Visual ARCHITECT on Mac OSX 10.4. How do I start DB Visual ARCHITECT?
A :This problem could be caused by the JRE on the Mac OS X. Please update the JRE to J2SE 5.0. More information can found at http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=301073 -
Q :Can DB-VA connect to the Teamwork Server?
A :DB-VA can connect the the Teamwork Server to perform teamwork operations (Modeler Edition or above). The build in Teamwork Client helps you to check-in/check-out the projects to and from the server also resolve the conflicts when needed. -
Q :Did DB-VA have floating license?
A :Yes, DB-VA have floating license (Modeler Edition or above), and it can connect with the Floating License Server to obtain the license key. -
Q :DB-VA is running slow on Linux. Why is this happening?
A :This problem may happen if you are not running with Sun's JRE. It is recommend to run with Sun's JRE instead of other JRE. Sun's JRE can be downloaded at http://java.sun.com/javase/downloads/ -
Q :Can I perform silent install on DB-VA?
A :Yes, you can perform silent install on DB-VA. More details about silent install please visit http://knowhow.visual-paradigm.com/?p=3532.
Object-Relational Mapping (ORM)
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Q :Did the generated persistence layer redistributable? It seems that some generated library is not belongs to my project.
A :The generated persistence layer is redistributable. You can freely distribute it to your clients. -
Q :What database server that DB-VA supports?
A :DB-VA supports wide range of databases. Please refer to the following page for more information about the supported datbase.
http://www.visual-paradigm.com/support/documents/dbvadesignerguide.jsp -
Q :Where can I download the JDBC drivers for my database?
A :Please refer to the following page for downloading the JDBC drivers of the supported database.
http://www.visual-paradigm.com/support/documents/dbvadesignerguide.jsp
Code Engineering
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Q :How can I perform code generation/reverse engineering on DB-VA
A :Code generation/reverse enginerring is a very natural action. It can be done through the Auto Synchronization or update manually. There is another handy way to doing the reverse engineering which is called Instant Reverse. Instant Reverse is a one-off reverse engineering options that can reverse various kinds of source/binaries into UML model. -
Q :Does DB-VA support C++ code engineering?
A :DB-VA doesn not support C++ code engineering. Please try DBVA for Visual Studio for more information on C++ code engineering support. -
Q :Does DB-VA support .NET code engineering?
A :DB-VA does not support code engineering on .NET languages. Please try DBVA for Visual Studio for more information about .NET languages code engineering support. -
Q :Does DB-VA support support J2SE 5.0 code engineering?
A :DB-VA does not support J2SE 5.0 code engineering at this moment. Our engineers are working on it. It should be available before the end of this year. -
Q :When I was performing C++ Instant reverse, it said "No class construct is found in user's files". What does it mean?
A :Class is the basic unit for performing the C++ Instant Reverse. Although C like source code can also be compiled by a c++ compiler, but it cannot be reversed by Instant Reverse.
IDE Integration
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Q :What IDEs does DB-VA support?
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Q :Can I install both DBVA IDE Integration and SDE on the same IDE
A :No. Installing both DB-VA IDE Integration and SDE on the same IDE may cause conflict and both of them will not work. -
Q :Can DB-VA integrate with more than one IDE?
A :Yes, you can install more than one IDE integrations on the same DB-VA. But only one for each IDE, i.e. you cannot install two Eclipse integration on the same DB-VA. -
Q :Does DB-VA support integration with IBM WSAD?
A :Currently DB-VA does not support integration with IBM WSAD. The reason is DB-VA needs to integrate with Eclipse 3.0 or above but since IBM WSAD is in Eclipse 2.x, therefore we cannot integrate with it.
Import and Export
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Q :What version of XMI that DB-VA support?
A :DB-VA supports import and export of XMI 1.0/1.2/2.1 for UML 1.0 or 2.0. -
Q :Why there are no diagrams created when I import project from XMI?
A :This is probably because there is no diagram information stored in the original XMI file. Please refer to the documentation of the tool from which the XMI file was created for more details. -
Q :Does DB-VA suport import models from Rose or XDE?
A :DB-VA supports import models and diagrams from Rational Rose only (.mdl file and its associated .cat files). -
Q :What kind of Visio file does DB Visual ARCHITECT support to import?
A :DB Visual ARCHITECT supports importing Visio file in .vdx format.
Plug-in
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Q :What is plug-in in DB-VA?
A :The DB-VA plug-in is a small program that can integrate with DB-VA and access to the models inside the projects. -
Q :Where can I find more information about plug-in?
Licensing
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Q :Can I use DB-VA for internal training purpose in my company?
A :For internal training purpose, please contact training@visual-paradigm.com for more information.
