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EARules_ElementDisplayName
EARules_ElementDisplayName allows an Add-In registered to provide rules for a language to override the text displayed for the name in the default notation. An example of where you might want to use this is if an element should take its name automatically from another element.This event occurs during the drawing of Activity Partitions and Shape Scripts.
Syntax
Function EARules_ElementDisplayName (Repository As EA.Repository, Language As String, Element as EA.Element, CurrentName as String, Base as Integer) As StringThe EARules_ElementDisplayName function syntax contains these parameters.
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Repository |
EA.Repository Direction: IN Description: An EA.Repository object representing the currently-open Enterprise Architect model. Poll its members to retrieve model data and user interface status information. |
Repository Class |
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Language |
String Direction: IN Description: Specifies the language for the rule that Enterprise Architect is requesting. This will match one of the values returned from EARules_Initialize. |
EARules_Initialize |
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Element |
EA.Element Direction: IN Description: Specifies the element currently being drawn. |
Element Class |
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CurrentName |
String Direction: IN Description: Specifies the name currently being used for this element. |
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Base |
Integer Direction: OUT Description: Controls whether the base rules will be called if you return an empty value. A non-zero value and return of an empty string means that the parent rules will determine the display of the element name. |