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FAQ
Find answers to frequently asked questions (FAQ) about Smart Development Environment for Visual Studio (SDE-VS).
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-VA SQL (DB-VA SQL). -
Q :What is Smart Development Environment for Visual Studio (SDE-VS)
A :SDE-VS is an UML CASE tools which embedded itself into Visual Studio. It combines professional UML modeling, advanced code engineering and excellent interoperability into a single development platform. As it is embedded into the Visual Studio, it gives you the unified look & feel throughout the design and development process thus greatly enhance the productivity and reduce the larning curve from getting familiar another modeling tools. -
Q :What are the differences between SDE-VS and Visual Paradigm for UML Visual Studio Integration?
A :SDE-VS is embedded inside the Visual Studio which has the same look & feel also share the same VM. It only takes one process when both Visual Studio and Smart Development Environment are launched. Visual Paradigm for UML Visual Studio Integration is works in parallel with the Visual Studio. The Visual Paradigm for UML and Visual Studio are work in different process (different VM). The two applications communicate with each other to perform the code/model sychronization. The Visual Paradigm for UML will have similar look & feel to the Visual Studio when performing the integration. -
Q :What are differences between editions of SDE-VS
A :SDE-VS provides different editions aimed from personal learning to enterprise production usage. The major differences are the supported functionailites and the license terms. Except the Community Edition and Personal Edition, all editions can be used in product environment. Furthermore, the Community Edition only allows a maximum of one diagram for each type of UML diagram per project, and all the diagrams and documentations generated from both the Community Edition and Personal Edition will show a small Visual Paradigm logo at the top left corner. -
Q :What user languages are available?
A :Currently we only have English user interface is available. -
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 :Can SDE-VS connect to the Teamwork Server?
A :SDE-VS can connect the the Tamwork 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 SDE-VS have floating license?
A :Yes, SDE-VS have floating license (Modeler Edition or above), and it can connect with the Foloating License Server to obtain the license key. -
Q :SDE-VS 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/
Code Engineering
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Q :What languages that SDE-VS supports?
A :SDE-VS supports code engineering on C#, C++ and VB.NET. -
Q :How can I perform code generateion/reverse engineering on SDE-VS?
A :Code generation/reverse engineering is a very natural action in SDE-VS. It can be done through the Auto Synchronization or update manually. There is another handy way for 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 SDE-VS has any Object-Relational Mapping (ORM) features?
A :Our engineers are now working on the ORM features for .NET languages. It should be available on or before the end of Sep. 2005. -
Q :Does SDE-VS support J2SE 5.0 code engineering?
A :SDE-VS does not support J2SE 5.0 code engineering at this moment. -
Q :Can I perform code generateion/reverse engineering with SDE-VS other than Class Diagram?
A :SDE-VS only supports code generation/reverse engineering on class models. -
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.
Download & Installation
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Q :Where can I download the SDE-VS?
A :SDE-VS is bundled inside the VP Suite. You can download the latest version of VP Suite at the following link:
http://www.visual-paradigm.com/download/vpsuite.jsp -
Q :What version of Visual Studio does SDE-VS support?
A :SDE-VS supports Microsoft Visual Studio .NET 2003 and Visual Studio 2005/2008 (Standard Edition or above). -
Q :Does SDE-VS work on Visual Studio 2005 / 2008
A :SDE-VS works on both VS.NET 2003 and VS 2005 / 2008 (Standard Edition or above) now. -
Q :Does SDE-VS work on Visual Studio Express Edition?
A :SDE-VS only works on Visual Studio .NET 2003 Professional Edition or above / Visual Studio 2005 / 2008 Standard Edition or above. -
Q :Can I install more than one copy of SDE-VS on the same VS.NET
A :No. Each SDE-VS can only install on one VS.NET.
Import and Export
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Q :What version of XMI that SDE-VS support?
A :SDE-VS 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 SDE-VS suport import models from Rose or XDE?
A :SDE-VS supports import models and diagrams from Rational Rose only (.mdl file and its associated .cat files). -
Q :What kind of Visio file does Smart Development Environment for Visual Studio support to import?
A :Smart Development Environment for Visual Studio supports importing Visio file in .vdx format.
Plug-in
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Q :What is plug-in in SDE-VS?
A :The SDE-VS plug-in is a small program that can integrate with SDE-VS and access to the models inside the projects. -
Q :Where can I find more information about plug-in?
Licensing
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Q :What's the meaning of "non-commercial use"?
A :"Non-commercial use" means user cannot use the software for making money (i.e. a commercial organization cannot use the community edition or personal edition on any production usage). If user need to use the produce on commercial usage, please select the modeler edition or above. -
Q :Can I use SDE-VS for internal training purpose in my company?
A :Community Edition is only for "non-commercial use" only. For internal training purpose, please contact training@visual-paradigm.com for more information. -
Q :How can I remove the pattern watermark when using the community edition?
A :The pattern watermask shows because you have created more than one diagram of at least one diagram type. If there are more than one diagrams of any type, it will switch to evaluation mode. Diagram printed will contains pattern watermarks. To avoid the problem happening again, please create not more than one diagram of any type in Community Edition.