Decipher symbols when generating report
August 31, 2010
One of the common problems you may find in a generated report is that symbols mask customized language. The main reason is languages other than English are not identified in report generation. In fact, you can simply resolve the problem during report generation. This page will demonstrate how to decipher symbols in Russian when generating PDF report.
Applying mouse gestures in VP products
August 24, 2010
Mouse gesture is one of the most useful visual modeling tools in all our VP products. It helps you to draw and manage your diagram with just a click of your mouse. Mouse gesture are mainly divided into three types: the drawing gesture, the command gesture and the connection gesture. This page will give a brief introduction of these three types of mouse gesture and another 11 basic gestures, and then show how to apply these three types of mouse gesture on the diagram.
Setting up floating license and license server
August 17, 2010
Floating license enables users to share the VP products concurrently based on the limit of concurrent access specified on the floating license. Besides the single-seat license, you can also use floating license in Visual Paradigm for UML Modeler Edition or above, SDE Modeler Edition or above, Database Visual ARCHITECT (DB-VA), Business Process Visual ARCHITECT (BP-VA) and Agilian. In order to access the floating license, you need to install the Floating License Server in your Local Area Network in advance. This article will demonstrate how to download, install and configure the Floating License Server.
Import requirements from Excel
August 13, 2010
Agilian supports exporting and importing Microsoft Excel file. You can edit model element names and properties easily within Excel. This article is going to show you how to export requirement diagram to Excel file, edit properties and create a few more requirements in tabular format, and then import them back to Agilian.
Creating data dictionary in report writer
August 11, 2010
A data dictionary is a technique for documenting database schema. You can record the name, description and properties of entities and columns within data dictionary. When Report Writer is launched, you can construct a report with data dictionary. This article will show you how to create data dictionary in report writer.
Define and specify stereotype in BPD
August 4, 2010
A stereotype defines how a model element may be extended and enables the use of domain specific terminology or notation. The name of stereotype is enclosed by guillemets and placed above the name of model element, in addition, a specific icon can be defined for stereotype. In this article, you can learn to define and specify stereotype of a task in BPD.
Specifying default fill color for shape
August 4, 2010
All the model elements in most diagrams are blue by default. In some cases, you may want to distinguish a specific model element, for instance, a note from others by setting a default color for it. In this article, we will demonstrate how to specify default fill color for a note in class diagram.
Creating exception pin in activity diagram
July 22, 2010
A pin in an activity diagram is used to provide values to actions and accept result from them. In this article, you can learn how to create an exception pin from an output pin which is responsible for keeping the output values produced by an action.
Using alternative combined fragments in sequence diagram
July 14, 2010
An alternative combined fragment is used to specify an area of a group of lifelines/ actors to show conditional flow in a sequence diagram. It also models the if-then-else logic in the sequence diagram. In this page, we will demonstrate how to draw a simple sequence diagram with applying alternative combined fragment.
