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Rose Units LoaderBefore workspaces existed (before Rose 2000e), e.g. in Rose
98 it was somewhat inconvenient to manage a model with a large number of units,
where one desires to load a significant subset of units as a “workspace”.
For instance, with standard Rose functionality, if one desired to load a subset
of 50 units from 500 in the entire model, one would have to load each desired
unit separately (using the Units dialog box) – and this would be done each
time Rose is started and the model is loaded. This problem had been alleviated somewhat in Rose 98i, because enhancements in this version have made Rose units operations more accessible. Nevertheless, each desired unit had still to be loaded manually, each time Rose was started. OperationThe Rose Units Loader supports Workspaces. It operates as follows: Start Rose as normal. Load a model (MDL file), and do NOT load subunits when prompted. Now, by hand, as before, load any required units, using either the Units dialog (Rose 98) or the Unit operations in the Browser window (Rose 98i). This step must be performed just once. Once the chosen set of units have been loaded, we can save this set as a configuration using the Rose Units Loader. From Rose, select the Units Loader->Save Configuration menu choice. A dialog appears, giving you the opportunity to name the configuration, and provide an optional brief description. Once this has been entered, you may continue working as normal. When Rose is started up for the next session, perhaps the next day, we will want to reload that configuration of units (or some other configuration we have saved). This is achieved as follows: Start Rose as normal. Load a model (MDL file), and do NOT load subunits when prompted. From Rose, select Units Loader->Restore Configuration. A dialog box appears, giving you a pick-list of configuration names, and their description. Select the one you want, and click OK. Rose will now load the subset of units. Installation PrerequisitesRose 4.5.8163 or later (although there is no particular reason why it should not also work with 8054) The script is implemented as a VB5 executable. Therefore, it requires the VB runtimes dll, VBRUN300.DLL or later. Quick Help
· Do you have VBRUN300.DLL in your Windows\System directory? Check using Windows Explorer or a DOS prompt. · Do you have write access to your Rose installation directory? Units Loader stores its configurations in a subdirectory it
creates in the Rose installation directory. If this is not writable, Units
Loader will be unable to store its state data. Check using Windows Explorer or
DOS prompt. Known ProblemsNot tested to work with Rose Relative Paths or Pathmaps. Features
Download (without InstallShield) (27 KB) (4-Feb-1999)www.rationalrose.com/addins/rul.zip Download (with InstallShield) (553 KB) (14-Jun-1998) |
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