Set properties |Edit "Edit Dialog"

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   Hi @ all

I've three questions:
Is it possible to set properties like "Name" with MERL? I found a post in the forum, which shows the possibility with the API, but not with MERL.

The second question is: May I change or edit the "Edit Dialog"? For Example add more Buttons or disable some input-fields, depending on properties.

My concrete example: I would like to write automatic values to properties, if the users wants (Dialog with the choice "Man / Auto" so enabling some input-fields in the dialog should be done ). If you start the generator, this values should be written in the object properties.

The last question: What would you recommend? API or MERL? Are there all functions in both methods available? Currently I'm working with MERL, but now I got some problems..

Thanks in advance

  Andy

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Andy Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Member Joined: 12.Mar.2009 Location: Austria Points: 3	Post Options Post Reply Quote Andy Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Topic: Set properties \|Edit "Edit Dialog" Posted: 15.Mar.2009 at 16:01
	Hi @ all I've three questions: Is it possible to set properties like "Name" with MERL? I found a post in the forum, which shows the possibility with the API, but not with MERL. The second question is: May I change or edit the "Edit Dialog"? For Example add more Buttons or disable some input-fields, depending on properties. My concrete example: I would like to write automatic values to properties, if the users wants (Dialog with the choice "Man / Auto" so enabling some input-fields in the dialog should be done ). If you start the generator, this values should be written in the object properties. The last question: What would you recommend? API or MERL? Are there all functions in both methods available? Currently I'm working with MERL, but now I got some problems.. Thanks in advance Andy

stevek Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List MetaCase Joined: 11.Mar.2008 Points: 643	Post Options Post Reply Quote stevek Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Posted: 16.Mar.2009 at 15:48
	Hi Andy, You can do what you want with the API. MERL is for turning models into text, so read-only; the API is for manipulating models, so includes create, read, write and update operations. You can of course combine the two: MERL can call a program you have written that uses the API, or you can use the API to call MERL generators. For the dialog, my recommendation would be to collect all the input fields that you want to enable for manual values into their own object type. You can then have in your main object a property that is initially empty but can contain an object of that type. When writing a code generator or generators for the object symbol you can check if the object is there, and if so use its manual values; otherwise, your generator would produce the automatic values.

Andy Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Member Joined: 12.Mar.2009 Location: Austria Points: 3	Post Options Post Reply Quote Andy Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Posted: 16.Mar.2009 at 17:16
	Hi Steve Thanks for the answer! I'll try the API-functionality. Andy