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TypeSymbolDefinition [message #1756028]

Fri, 10 March 2017 09:25

THEOBALD Maurice

Messages: 23
Registered: February 2017

Junior Member

Hello,

When the stereotype TypeSymbolDefinition is applied on an Actor and a shape filepath is set in the Symbol attribute, this shape cannot be used to replace the Actor default shape.
This shape is displayed only on the ActorParts.
To get the shape on the Actor and on the ActorPart, I have to duplicate the declaration of the shape and proceed like this example:
1// Apply a CSS on the Actor like that :
.mycustom_shape
{
svgFile:"platform:/resource/my_path_myshape/shape.svg";
}

2// set the Symbol attribute of TypeSymbolDefinition to :
"platform:/resource/my_path_myshape/shape.svg"

Is there any possibilities to proceed differently and avoid a double declaration of the shape and possible inconsistencies ?

PS
There is a bad workaround that consist in setting with a CSS a wrong svgFile for all the Actor like this :
Actor
{
svgFile:"platform:/nopath/filenotfound.svg";
}
This cause an exception, but the shape of the Actor match the shape set in the TypeSymbolDefinition symbol attribute.
Of course this workaround cannot be used because first is slows down Papyryus, and second, all the Actors without a symbol set throught TypeSymbolDefinition are not displayed.

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Re: TypeSymbolDefinition [message #1756030 is a reply to message #1756028]

Fri, 10 March 2017 09:42

Patrick Tessier

Messages: 341
Registered: July 2009
Location: Paris Saclay, France

Senior Member

I know that the actor is already a shape. I wonder if this is not a more general problem about overloading symbol. Have added a bug for this point?

Patrick

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