• Introduction to extending SA with VBA
•  Automating System Architect
  • Using Microsoft VBA’s Object Browser
• Programming System Architect with Microsoft VBA
•  Running a macro
  • Loading a macro project
  •  Macros provided with System Architect
    •  Sample.mac
      • Running the Sample.mac project
      • Check encyclopedia naming standards
      • Color selected symbol relationships
      • Enable balance Gane and Sarson diagrams on flow connections
      • Disable balance Gane and Sarson diagrams on flow connection
      • Display encyclopedia path
      • Enforce symbol naming standards
      • Move between results and events
      • Print selected diagrams
      • Select different printer
      • Show help form
    • SetAcV2Props.mac
  • Run a macro on starting System Architect
•  Macro projects
  • Adding a new project
•  Accessing the VBA Editor
  • The Project Explorer
  • The Properties window
  • Inserting modules and forms
•  Automation and System Architect
  •  Automation
    • Automation controller and server
    • Referencing the type library
    • Viewing automation objects
    • Creating an instance of the application
    • Releasing the application instance
    • Summary
  • Customizable solutions
  •  Planning an automated solution with System Architect
    • Control behavior
    • Controlling appearance
    • Automate tasks
    • Enforce controls
    • Interface between external applications
  • Automation of macro projects with VBE
•  The System Architect object model
  •  Object model classes
    •  Application class
      •  Application class: Attributes
        • Encyclopedia
        • MousePointer
        • Visible
      •  Application class: Methods
        • AssignBMPtoMaroItem
        • BrowserRefresh
        • CreatePopUpMenu
        • InsertMacroItemInMenu
        • InsertMacroItemInMenuEx
        • InsertPopUpMenuItemInMenu
        • InsertPopUpMenuItemInMenuEx
        • Interface
        • OpenEncyclopedia
        • OpenEncyclopediaUsingConnectionString
        • OpenEncyclopediaUsingDisplayName
        • RemoveItemFromMenu
        • RemovePopUpMenu
        • ResetPanelBackGround
        • SetSeparatorBefore
        • WriteStatusLine
        • WriteStatusLineEx
    •  Definition class
      •  Definition class: Attributes
        • AuditID
        • CheckedOut
        • ddID
        • Encyclopedia
        • Frozen
        • Handle
        • Locked
        • MetaItem
        • Name
        • ReadOnly
        • SAClass
        • SAType
        • TypeName
        • UpdateDate
        • UpdateTime
        • xml
      •  Definition class: Methods
        • Delete
        • GetField
        • Get metric
        • GetProperty
        • GetPropertyAsCollection
        • GetRelatedObjects
        • GetXML
        • Save
        • SetField
        • SetProperty
      • Definition fields
      • Definition metrics
    •  Diagram class
      •  Diagram class: Attributes
        • AuditID
        • CheckedOut
        • ddID
        • Encyclopedia
        • Frozen
        • Handle
        • Hidden
        • Locked
        • MetaItem
        • Name
        • Picture
        • ReadOnly
        • SAClass
        • SAType
        • TypeName
        • UpdateDate
        • UpdateTime
        • xml
      •  Diagram class: Methods
        • AcceptDropOfObject
        • AcceptDropOfObjectAt
        • AcceptDropOfType
        • AcceptDropOfTypeAt
        • CreateSymbol
        • Delete
        • GetAllSymbols
        • GetField
        • GetFilteredSymbols
        • GetMetric
        • GetParentSymbol
        • GetProperty
        • GetPropertyAsCollection
        • GetRelatedObjects
        • GetSymbolById
        • GetXML
        • Hide
        • RefreshForRepresentationalConsistency
        • RefreshForRepresentationalConsistency2
        • Save
        • SetField
        • SetProperty
        • Show
      • Diagram fields
      • Diagram metrics
    •  Encyclopedia class
      •  Encyclopedia class: Attributes
        • Application
        • ConnectString
        • FullName
        • MetaModel
        • Name
        • OpenObjectsAsReadOnly
        • Path
        • Xml
        • XmlEx
      •  Encyclopedia class: Methods
        • CloseUnLock
        • CloseUnLockCommit
        • CreateDefinition
        • CreateDiagram
        • CreateSymbolForExplorerDiagram
        • GetAllDefinitions
        • GetAllDiagrams
        • GetCurrentDiagram
        • GetDefinitionById
        • GetDiagramById
        • GetFilteredDefinitions
        • GetFilteredDiagrams
        • GetRelationMetric
        • GetXML
        • OpenLock
        • RenameItem
        • SetXML
        • SetXMLEx
      • Workspace methods
      • Workspace application class calls
      • Workspace application class events
      • Relation metrics
    •  MetaClass class
      • Class
      • ClassName
      • MetaItems
      • MetaModel
      • SupportedMetaItems
    •  MetaItem class
      • Addressable
      • AssignedSymbolTypes
      • bCanBeDeleted
      • bCanBeEdited
      • bCanBeNewed
      • Class
      • ClassName
      • DefinedByMetaItem
      • DepictionDiagramFileName
      • DepictionMenuFileName
      • DepictLikeTypeNumber
      • DepictsLikeType
      • ExplicitRel_ConnectionTuples
      • ExplicitRel_GetDetails
      • ExplicitRelDef_HasConnects
      • FromDefProperty
      • FromTagProperty
      • HostRefProp
      • MetaClass
      • MetaGroups
      • MetaPages
      • MetaProperties
      • IsExplicitRelation
      • IsReadOnly
      • IsVisible
      • PosRestrictInsideEdge
      • PosRestrictOutsideEdge
      • RepresentedBy
      • Represents
      • SizeRestrictAllowed
      • SizeRestrictSpecified
      • sMode
      • SubTypeOf
      • SubTypeOf2
      • SubTypes
      • SupportedEmbeddedMetaItems
      • SupportedMetaItems
      • ToDefProperty
      • ToTagProperty
      • TypeName
      • TypeNumber
      • ValidConnections
    •  MetaModel class
      • Encyclopedia
      • MetaClasses
    • MetaExplicitRelConnTuple class
    • MetaExplicitRelDetail class
    • MetaGroup class
    • MetaKeyedBy class
    • MetaProperty class
    • MetaRepresents class
    •  Symbol class
      •  Symbol class: Attributes
        • ArrowAtEnd
        • ArrowAtStart
        • AuditID
        • ddId
        • Definition
        • Diagram
        • Encyclopedia
        • FillColor
        • FontColor
        • FromCardinality
        • Handle
        • LineStyle
        • MetaItem
        • Name
        • PenColor
        • PenStyle
        • SAClass
        • SAType
        • Selected
        • ToCardinality
        • TunnelAtEnd
        • TunnelAtStart
        • TypeName
        • UpdateDate
        • UpdateTime
        • Xpos
        • Xsize
        • Ypos
        • Ysize
      •  Symbol class: Methods
        • ConnectFrom
        • ConnectTo
        • Delete
        • GetChildDiagrams
        • GetField
        • Get metric
        • GetProperty
        • GetPropertyAsCollection
        • GetRelatedObjects
        • Save
        • SetField
        • SetProperty
      • Symbol fields
      • Symbol metrics
•  System Architect collections
  •  OfCollection class
    • Name
    • Count
    • Item
    • Add
    • Clear
    • Remove
    • SetProperty
  •  SACollection class
    • Count
    • Item(Index)
  •  SAObjects class
    • Complete
    • Count
    • Encyclopedia
    • Item(Index)
    • IsMoreThan(Index)
    • ReadAll
•  System Architect events
  • AuditIDChanged
  • DiagramClose
  • DiagramOpen
  • DiagramSave
  • EditDefinitionPostApply
  • EditDefinitionPostOK
  • EncyClose
  • EncyOpen
  • MainMenuUpdate
  • MethodMenuUpdated
  • ReportsMenuUpdate
  • ToolsMenuUpdate
  • ShowNode
  • ShutDown
  • StartUp
  • SymbolEvent
  •  Guidelines for adding macro items to menus programmatically
    • Adding a macro to a standard System Architect menu
    • Using the events
    • Adding a popup
    • Adding macro items to a popup
    • Adding a popup to a System Architect menu
    • Adding a separator to a menu item
    • Removing an item from a menu
• System Architect relationships
• Handling events in field types
•  System Architect errors
  • Handling errors
  • System Architect errors
•  Samples
  • Diagram_AddItems
  • Diagram_AddItemsAtLocation
  • Diagram_Explorer_AddItem