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<head><title>Known Problems and Limitations
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of Visual Modeler 2.0
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</title></head>
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<a name="465148">
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<center><h1> Known Problems and Limitations<br>
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of Visual Modeler 2.0
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</h1></center>
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</a><a name="445443">
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<p>The following is a list of known problems and limitations in Visual Modeler 2.0.
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The number preceding each item is a bug tracking identifier. Please refer to this
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number if you have a support question about the problem.
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</p>
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</a><a name="454567">
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<h4> 110167 Problems nesting a logical package within itself
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</h4>
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</a><a name="454579">
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<p>Create a logical package <code><b>cat</b></code>, then open <code><b>cat</b></code>'s principal diagram and
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place another view of <code><b>cat</b></code> there. Copying <code><b>cat</b></code> causes it to get the
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"no model item" adornment.
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</p>
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</a><a name="456454">
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<h4> 110330, 115594<br>
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Carriage returns or spaces in icon names can cause
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problems
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</h4>
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</a><a name="456455">
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<p>If an icon name spans multiple lines (that is, contains a
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carriage return) only the last line of the name is visible in the
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icon's specification.
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</p>
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</a><a name="456456">
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<p>Workaround: Use the text box on the icon to view the entire
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name. Better yet, avoid using carriage returns or spaces in icon
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names.
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</p>
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</a><a name="467751">
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<h4> 111040, 115707<br>
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Problems with unnamed model items
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</h4>
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</a><a name="467950">
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<p>For example, update cannot resolve unnamed model items.
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</p>
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</a><a name="467752">
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<p>Workaround: Be sure to name all items in the model. (Naming
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relationships is not required.)
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</p>
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</a><a name="497000">
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<p>Assume that you have classes in your model that have
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method arguments of class X. If you go into class X and
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change its name to Y, the arguments are not updated; they
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remain of class X, not class Y.
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</p>
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</a><a name="467906">
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<h4> 115002 Some menu items not gray when they should be in read-
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only diagrams
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</h4>
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</a><a name="478813">
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<p>For example, <kbd><b>Change Into</b></kbd> is not grayed out on the <kbd><b>Edit</b></kbd> menu even
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when all the items on the <kbd><b>Change Into</b></kbd> submenu are grayed out.
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</p>
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</a><a name="480459">
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<p>Workaround: Can usually be fixed up by dragging the substate
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out and then back in.
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</p>
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</a><a name="467881">
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<h4> 115773 Query > Expand Classes does not always filter relationships
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correctly
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</h4>
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</a><a name="467952">
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<h4> 115955 Compartment items lost toggling Show Operation
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Signature
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</h4>
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</a><a name="467883">
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<p>If <code><b>Show Method Signature</b></code> is set to ON for a given model,
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but set to OFF in the current Visual Modeler session, the operation will
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not be shown when the model is read in.
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</p>
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</a><a name="467889">
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<p>Workaround: The setting for <code><b>Show Method Signature</b></code>
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should be chosen ONCE for all users who are sharing models
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and NOT be changed.
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</p>
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</a><a name="501803">
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<h4> 120272 Double click on generalization arrow head does not raise
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property sheet
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</h4>
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</a><a name="498823">
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<p>To select or raise the property sheet for an generalization
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relationship, place your cursor on the relationship line rather
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than the arrow head.
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</p>
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</a><a name="499102">
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<p>You can redisplay the windows by pressing <kbd><b>F2</b></kbd> or by minimizing
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and maximizing Visual Modeler.
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</p>
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</a><a name="499093">
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<h4> 121024 Visual Modeler crashes when some background programs are running
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</h4>
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</a><a name="498857">
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<p>Visual Modeler crashes sporadically when some utility programs are
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running in the background. After Dark is such a utility; the
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mouse-utility Point32 is another.
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</p>
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</a><a name="499044">
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<h4> 121627 Pressing the Cancel button while printing may not have
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any effect
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</h4>
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</a><a name="499069">
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<p>If the <kbd><b>Cancel</b></kbd> button in the Cancel Printing dialog box does not
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work (after you do a <kbd><b>Print Specifications</b></kbd> or <kbd><b>Print Diagrams</b></kbd>), press the
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escape key to force a cancel. The reason the <kbd><b>Cancel</b></kbd> button does
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not work is usually because of insufficient disk space or not
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enough free memory.
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</p>
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</a><a name="499120">
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<h4> 121877 OLE linking only pastes what is visible in the window
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</h4>
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</a><a name="498960">
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<p>To see the entire diagram in another application, choose <kbd><b>View</b></kbd> >
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<kbd><b>Fit in Window</b></kbd> in Visual Modeler before you copy and paste into the other
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application.
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</p>
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</a><a name="498957">
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<h4> 121919 Copy and paste into PowerPoint with "visibility as icons"
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does not work correctly
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</h4>
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</a><a name="498946">
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<p>If you encounter this problem, restart PowerPoint and
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copy/paste again with "visibility as icons" off.
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</p>
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</a><a name="498911">
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<h4> 121945 Loading Visual Modeler models by choosing them in Windows
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Explorer can cause crash
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</h4>
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</a><a name="499178">
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<p>Because the Setup wizard does not completely register Visual Modeler
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with Windows, if you attempt to start Visual Modeler the first time by
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double clicking a model in Windows Explorer, Visual Modeler may crash.
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After Visual Modeler has been run once, the registration is complete and
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double clicking model files will work correctly.
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</p>
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</a><a name="499259">
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<h4> 121976 Adding methods and properties to classes can cause them
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to be erroneously resized
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</h4>
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</a><a name="498892">
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<p>If a class icon is incorrectly resized after a method or
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a property is added, you can select the class and use the mouse
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to resize it.
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</p>
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</a><a name="498975">
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<h4> 121980 Context-sensitive help doesn't work for some menus
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</h4>
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</a><a name="499341">
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<h4> 122048 Label buttons
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</h4>
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</a><a name="499344">
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<p>Visual Modeler does not support label buttons, but there may still be
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references to label buttons in pictures of screens in the
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documentation.
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</p>
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</a><a name="501675">
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<h4> 122230, 122231, 122232<br>
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Problems with "What's This?" help
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</h4>
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</a><a name="501676">
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<p>There are several problems with "What's This?" in the online
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help:
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</p>
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</a><ul><a name="501678">
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<li>You may encounter the following message when using
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"What's This?" help:
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</a><a name="501685">
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<p><code><b>No Help Topic is associated with this item.
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</b></code></p>
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</a><a name="501687">
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<p>This does not necessarily imply that there is no help
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available for the item. Often the "What's This?" help
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mechanism for the item simply has not been connected.
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Click on the <kbd><b>Help</b></kbd> button in the dialog box and you will be
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able to traverse to the information you need.
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</p>
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</a><a name="501680">
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<li>In some cases, "What's This?" help will display a large
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screen of information that is clipped at the bottom. If the
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information you are interested in is not displayed, click on
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the <kbd><b>Help</b></kbd> button in the dialog box and you will be able to
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traverse to the information you need.
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</p>
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</a><a name="501709">
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<li>There are pop-up links in some "What's This?" help topics,
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but you cannot traverse to the associated pop-up windows
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with "What's This?" help. As is normal with "What's This?"
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help topics, as soon as you click the mouse once, the help
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topic goes away. To follow a pop-up link that is displayed,
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click on the dialog box's <kbd><b>Help</b></kbd> button and then you will be
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able to traverse to the pop-up window.
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</a></ul><a name="501785">
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<p>In short, when you are in a Visual Modeler dialog box and "What's This?"
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help (or the <kbd><b>?</b></kbd> in the window banner) does not help you, try the
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<kbd><b>Help</b></kbd> button instead.
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</p>
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</a></ul><a name="505275">
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<h4> 122339 Separate name spaces not supported
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</h4>
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</a><a name="505277">
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<p>UML packages are
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intended to be unique name spaces. However, Visual Modeler does not
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support separate name spaces; names must be unique
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throughout the entire model. So, for example, in models:
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</p>
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</a><ul><a name="505291">
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<li>A logical package and a class cannot have the same name.
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</a><a name="505293">
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<li>Two different classes, in two different packages, cannot
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have the same simple name.
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</a></ul>
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<h4> 123352 Visual Modeler Add-Ins require a single running Visual Basic 5
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</h4>
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</a>
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<p>The Visual Modeler Add-Ins can operate only if a single Visual Basic 5
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application is running. If multiple Visual Basic 5 applications are running,
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the code generation and reverse engineering tools in Visual Modeler
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cannot be used.
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</a></ul>
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<h4> 123522 Component view not used for code generation
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</h4>
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</a>
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<p>No code is generated for model items in the Component view, that is, for
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EXEs and DLLs.
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</a></ul>
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<h4> 123716 Documentation not saved when exporting to repository
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</h4>
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</a>
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<p>When exporting a model to the repository, the documentation is not saved.
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</a></ul>
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<h4> 124217 Creatable Option for classes
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</h4>
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</a>
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<p>The Creatable code generation option for classes does not use the correct
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Visual Basic 5 naming. The Creatable option values in Visual Modeler correspond
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to the following instancing properties in Visual Basic 5: OnNewProcess = 3-SingleUse,
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GlobalOnNewProcess = 4-GlobalSingleUse, InSameProcess = 5-MultiUse,
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GlobalInSameProcess = 6-GlobalMultiUse.
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</a></ul>
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<h4> 124251 Visual Modeler Add-Ins Menus makes Visual Basic 5 crash on exit
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</h4>
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</a>
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<p>The Visual Modeler Add-In Menus may, under some
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circumstances, cause Visual Basic 5 to crash when quitting the application.
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This problem occurs if the Visual Modeler Add-In Menus is running in the add-in manager
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together with either "VB Add-In Toolbar" or "Source Code Control". Please
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refer to the Microsoft Knowledge Base, article ID Q167213, for explanation
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and workarounds.
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<head><title>Additional Information
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<a name="465149">
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<center><h2> Additional Information
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</h2></center>
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</a></ul>
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<h4> Registration problems
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</h4>
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</a>
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<p>In some configurations the installation program may have problems
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registering the DLLs used by Visual Modeler. If, for example, the <kbd><b>Tools>
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Class Wizard</b></kbd> command fails to execute, run the <CODE><B>REGRVB.BAT</B></CODE> program from the
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folder in which Visual Modeler is installed.
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</a></ul>
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<h4> DAO 3.5 Object Library Needed in OrderSys Example
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</h4>
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</a>
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<p>The order system example, located in the <CODE><B>\Samples\Ordersystem</B></CODE> folder, needs
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the Microsoft DAO 3.5 object library. Your Visual Basic 5 product may be
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installed without this component. If the DAO library is missing, you can add
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it in the following way:
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</p>
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</a><ol>
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<a name="492028">
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<li>Run the Visual Basic installation program and select a Custom installation.
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</a><a name="492029">
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<li>Select the Data Access option in the displayed dialog box.
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</a></ul>
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<h4> Full ActiveX Interface Names
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</h4>
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</a>
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<p>Visual Modeler supports only one name space; a class name must be unique within a
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model. In OLE, an ActiveX component constitutes its own name space. Thus, two ActiveX
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components can export the same interface name. You can instruct the
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Visual Modeler reverse engineering tool to create unique class names by
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combining the ActiveX name and the class name, for example: DAO.Database.
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The default behavior of Visual Modeler is to use short ActiveX names. To
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use long ActiveX names, change LongActiveXNames to Yes in your <CODE><B>rose.ini</B></CODE>
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file, which is found in the Windows folder.
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</a></ul>
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<h4> Deletion of Component Members in Visual Basic 5
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</h4>
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</a>
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<p>Visual Modeler synchronizes your Visual Basic project and model
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during code generation and reverse engineering by removing deleted members.
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The default behavior in Visual Modeler is to remove members by commenting
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the code. To turn this off and have the tool completely remove the members from
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the code, set CommentMethods to No in your <CODE><B>rose.ini</B></CODE> file, which is found in
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the Windows folder.
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</a></ul>
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<h4> Deletion of Collection Classes in Visual Modeler
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</h4>
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</a>
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<p>User-defined collection classes can be automatically created in Visual Modeler by changing the CollectionClass option for a class. To delete a
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created collection class from the model:
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</p>
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<a name="492030">
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<li>Select the collection class in the browser and choose <kbd><b>Edit> Delete from Model</b></kbd>.
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</a><a name="492031">
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<li>Reset the CollectionClass option on the item class to Collection.
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</a></ul>
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<h4> Online Help Find Tab
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</h4>
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</a>
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<p>If you choose to build a Find database of a subset of the available help
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files using the "Customize search capabilities" alternative, you may get the
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error message "Unable to display the Find tab", or the resulting database
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may contain words from help files other than the selected files.
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</p>
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