The OpenEdge Hive

To load the Profile into Enterprise Architect, start by loading the datatypes for OpenEdge found here.

To install each set of desired stereotypes, open a project in EA, select Tools from the menu, select Import Reference Data, browse for the downloaded file, select, highlight the dataset for "Stereotypes for OpenEdge Database" or other label as appropriate, and press button to complete. To avoid having to do this for every project, do the addition in EABase or other suitable base project from which new projects will be derived.

If desired, one can delete all entries in the t_stereotypes table prior to loading these stereotypes and then the list of stereotypes will contain only those appropriate to OpenEdge.

In addition to sets for Data, Code, and Links, a set is provided with all non-OpenEdge stereotypes in case the user wishes to add back something from the standard set. These can be simply copied from that file to another file using the same structure in order to be loaded in the same way.

These stereotypes are provided with shape scripts for use in Enterprise Architect in order to give them intuitive relationships without the need for labels. The use of color, line type, and weight are summarized in the attached PDF. More work is needed to make these ideal, but the scripts should provide a good starting point for anyone wishing to develop their own patterns.