Activity diagram

UML diagram, which describes the high-level business processes and workflows of components in a system. It allows to model the complex logic within a system, shows the overall control flow.

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Reg Broekmann 1 December 2011 23:31:16

Dr.

Greetings. The program is getting progressively better! Many thanks. Just a suggestion - have a look at the wording on the download site. It seems as if there are a couple of words missing.

Dusan Rodina - softwareideas.net 4 December 2011 14:33:14

RE: Dr.

I hope that now it's better.

Peter 26 November 2011 11:40:58

Connector available?

Is the connector in your software available, I couldn't find it.

I think of this:

http://www.muvik.de/wp-content/uploads/2010/02/Konnectoren_Aktivitaetsdiagramm.png

Dusan Rodina - softwareideas.net 26 November 2011 13:18:51

RE: Connector available?

Yes, you can find it in the toolbox under the name Transition.

Peter 27 November 2011 2:23:49

RE: RE: Connector available?

I think, you didn't understand me.

I though of the circles with the number that you can see in the linked picture.

This connector is used to continue a very long diagram in the next row.

Dusan Rodina - softwareideas.net 27 November 2011 9:37:09

RE: RE: RE: Connector available?

Sorry, my mistake. I overlooked it in the UML specification. Thank you for your notice. Connectors will be availabe in version 5. (I have added this new element today, but I need a few more weeks to complete other features in the new version).

Reg Broekmann 8 August 2011 4:20:15

Dr

Hi Dusan - the new version is really good and much easier to use! Many thanks.

There seems to be a problem with formatting text. If I highlight text and click on Bold, it does not seem to get included in the diagram. Same with font size - it doesn't seem to change.

Many thanks,

Dusan Rodina - softwareideas.net 11 August 2011 14:35:36

RE: Dr

Hi,

thank you for your positive words.

Do you mean the Bold button in tab Documentation in the right side bar? If so, this button refers to formatting of documentation text in the text area below the bar with buttons.

In any case I will test formatting better in the whole application.

Brandon Ruff 31 March 2011 11:59:00

Rotate

How do you rotate the swimlanes and activities?

Dusan Rodina - softwareideas.net 31 March 2011 12:16:16

RE: Rotate

If you mean rotate swimlane together with activities, it is not yet possible.

If you want rotate only swimlane - change its orientation it is possible this way:

1) Double click on swilane or click on Properties from its context menu.

2) On Swimlane tab, change orientation to vertical or horizontal.

Brandon Ruff 31 March 2011 11:58:44

How do you rotate the swimlanes and activities?

Alex 14 March 2011 9:55:43

And it is not possible to make a transition to a grouped elements ;)

Dusan Rodina - softwareideas.net 14 March 2011 10:37:25

RE:

I will improve it in one of next releases.

Alex 14 March 2011 11:16:58

RE: RE:

Thanks

Your software is very very nice

Alex 14 March 2011 9:50:36

Displaying shape's name

Hi there! How can I see shape's name in activity diagram? I want to display decision rules on shape "decision" (diamond).

The same problem with standard shapes (rectangle, ellipse): the "name" attribute is not displayed on the shape.

Thanx a lot!

Dusan Rodina - softwareideas.net 14 March 2011 10:36:48

RE: Displaying shape's name

Hi!

The name of decision node shouldn't be displayed according to UML specification. Instead, you can use 'Comment' element for decision rule.

Names of shapes are for information only. Shape elements from drawing group have only one role - simply show its shape. They can be combined with 'Text' element.

Reg Broekmann 25 February 2011 12:18:55

Dr

It would be helpful if, when using "transition" one could use 'control+click' on each of the two activities so that when I click on 'transition' it has already captured the start and end points.

Dusan Rodina - softwareideas.net 27 February 2011 22:27:44

RE: Dr

Thank you very much for the interesting tip. I will implement it soon - no later than in version 5.

Reg Broekmann 12 January 2011 12:51:41

Dr

The page which lists the files becomes cluttered with versions of the various documents. Possibly a date and time could be appended so the latest version is obvious. Or maybe previous versions should appear in a separate sheet labelled 'previous versions' and only the latest version of each document be displayed.

Many thanks!

Dusan Rodina - softwareideas.net 16 January 2011 17:44:41

RE: Dr

Version 4.86 should fix this problem. I have also added for each project the whole path in parentheses.

Reg Broekmann 28 February 2011 13:54:15

Dr

Hi DuĊĦan,

Thanks for the many improvements so far. Also, as I get better at using the software, things go much more smoothly!

I am still having a problem with the list of projects when opening the programme. It may be useful to either list them in the order they were last updated (newest to oldest) or possibly just have the date last used (rather than the whole path - which looks a bit messy).

Many thanks,

Dusan Rodina - softwareideas.net 1 March 2011 0:27:37

RE: Dr

Hi,

I thank you for your feedback - it is very useful for me. Requested improvements will be certainly done.

Reg Broekmann 11 January 2011 15:32:35

Dr

Very many thanks for your help thus far. I have a new problem when printing. It seems as if the text boxes for 'Actions' are not all WYSIWYG and although they display correctly on screen, they get cut off when printing (half of the top row and half of the bottom row). I can't find a way to correct this.

Dusan Rodina - softwareideas.net 11 January 2011 21:17:28

RE: Dr

You are welcome.

I will fix the mentioned problem as soon as possible. Meanwhile, you can select all problematic elements and use the command from menu Arrange > Size > Inflate.

Reg Broekmann 17 December 2010 9:39:15

Dr.

I have noticed that the printing of flowcharts is not entirely WYSIWYG. Sometimes, even though the box in the diagram displays the full text, when printed, the text gets cut off top and bottom.

Reg Broekmann 13 December 2010 13:58:35

Dr

If it would be helpful to you, I can send you a copy of the chart I am trying to generate.

I would certainly value your advice!

This is an important health project in South Africa in the province of KwaZulu-Natal. We would be happy to formally acknowledge your input in our reports if your are willing to contribute some of your time.

Greetings,

Reg

Dusan Rodina - softwareideas.net 14 December 2010 1:10:40

RE: Dr

You can send me it to my e-mail (softwareideas @ softwareideas . net).

Reg Broekmann 13 December 2010 13:55:36

Dr

Comment: When I use 'copy and paste' the cursor jumps back to the top of the diagram. This means one has to scroll back to where one was each time. It is inconvenient. 'Paste' should leave you at the item you want to paste.

Dusan Rodina - softwareideas.net 14 December 2010 23:50:21

RE: Dr

Fixed in version 4.82.

Reg Broekmann 13 December 2010 13:02:53

Dr

I am working on a non-profit project and have made a donation for use of the software. It would be nice if the software acknowledged this by not bringing up the "Buy/Donate/Maybe later" screen.

Just for information: I hope to be interacting with a similar project in another province, but this is a commercial one. I will refer them to this software so they can purchase it. I think it is a very useful program. Many thanks.

Dusan Rodina - softwareideas.net 13 December 2010 13:19:20

RE: Dr

This screen will be not displayed in the next version.

Thank you for your support.

Reg Broekmann 13 December 2010 12:57:21

Dr

There is an icon for "Fork/Join". I am not sure how this works. What I would like to see is a forked arrow showing two (or more) possible directions from this point.

Dusan Rodina - softwareideas.net 14 December 2010 23:52:07

RE: Dr

Fork/Join creates only a bar - arrows must be added using Transition tool.

Reg Broekmann 1 December 2010 15:19:41

Dr

1. It would be nice if we could draw curved linkages.

2. Also useful would be to link the connectors to the tasks, so if they are shifted around, the links keep the defined relationships intact.

Dusan Rodina - softwareideas.net 1 December 2010 16:36:37

RE: Dr

Thanks for tips.

I'm not sure whether I correctly understand your second requirement. If you want to lock ends of relationships, you can do it from context menu (right mouse click on the line of relationship) - click on menu item Lock Start Point and/or Lock End Point.

If this is not the case you describe, please, give me some other details.

Reg Broekmann 13 December 2010 12:54:42

Dr

Hi, Many thanks for the feedback. It seems to me that the "lock start point" only refers to the line connecting a comment with an activity. What I would like to do it lock an arrow start and end point, so that if I move either the start or the end activity, the arrow remains connected to both.

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