Activating UML Modeling Support for Projects

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This topic describes how to activate UML Modeling support for individual projects.

To activate UML Modeling support

1. Open the desired project or project group (as it is described in Opening an Existing Project for UML Modeling.)
2. Choose Project > Modeling Support on the main menu. The Modeling Support dialog box opens showing the list of projects within the current project group.
3. Select the check boxes next to those projects that should support UML modeling.
4. Click OK.

Note: When you first open the Model View after the Modeling support for some project (in the current project group) is turned ON, the Modeling parses the source code of the project. The Modeling reverse engineers the project source code and generates the UML model tree of the project. This model tree shows nodes for namespaces, classes, interfaces, and other UML model related elements and shows their interrelationships.

Note: The Model View displays the UML model trees for each project with Modeling support turned ON.

Note: The ModelSupport_PROJECTNAME folder is added to each project to which you have turned ON the Modeling support.

Tip: You can also use the Automatically enable Modeling Support option to force the IDE to activate the UML Modeling support automatically for all new or currently open projects. Open the Modeling > Default > General page of the Options dialog box (Tools > Options) and set Automatically enable Modeling Support to True.

To deactivate UML Modeling support

1. Open the desired project or project group (as it is described in Opening an Existing Project for UML Modeling.)
2. Choose Project > Modeling Support on the main menu. The Modeling Support dialog box opens.
3. Clear the check boxes next to those projects that should NOT support UML modeling.
4. Click OK.

See Also

• Creating a Project
• Opening an Existing Project for UML Modeling
• Modeling - General Options