Specifying properties for diagram types

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The default property of all diagrams is Description. Description is defined as a text field 4074 characters. Diagram properties are those that you might want to set for an entire diagram, such as whether to display swimlanes (or pools) vertically or horizontally. A typical Diagram Properties dialog is shown below.

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To add more properties for a diagram, use the following syntax:

DIAGRAM diagram_type
{
PROPERTY-1 property_name { property_value }
PROPERTY-2 property_name { property_value }
PROPERTY-3 property_name { property_value }
}

For example, adding the following statements to USRPROPS.TXT modifies the Diagram Properties dialog box for the Business Process diagram type, as shown in the picture that follows:

DIAGRAM "Business Process"
{
CHAPTER "My Properties"
PROPERTY "My Property" { EDIT Text LENGTH 1200 }
}

Revised Diagram Properties dialog