Reverse modeling of inheritances

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Reverse modeling of inheritances

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How to proceed?

Graph of reverse modeling

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Reverse modeling of inheritances

Overview

Your windows or your pages are using window templates, page templates or control templates, and you want to find out the dependencies between these templates? All you have to do is perform a reverse modeling of inheritances.

A modeling of the different elements used is automatically created in the modeling editor.

How to proceed?

Performing a reverse modeling of templates

To perform a reverse modeling of templates:

In the editor, open the requested element (page or window).
Select "Windows .. Reverse modeling of templates". The wizard for configuring the reverse modeling starts.On the "Window" pane, in the "Templates" group, expand "Templates" and select "Reverse modeling of templates". The wizard for configuring the reverse modeling starts.
Answer the questions asked by the wizard:
- Type of reverse modeling: Graph of inheritances.
- Name of modeling that will be generated and displayed.
- Displaying the grid in the generated modeling.
- group (or not) the elements in the generated modeling.
Validate. The reverse modeling of the templates used is automatically generated and displayed.

Graph of reverse modeling

Example of reverse modeling of inheritance

Changing the level of details in the modeling

If you have chosen to generate a graph while grouping by feature, the level of details can be changed in the modeling.

To increase the level of details:

of a template: double-click displayed in the modeling.
of all templates in the graph: click the icon in the toolbar.

To reduce the level of details:

of a template: double-click of process.
of all templates in the graph: click the icon in the toolbar.

Example

The "Sales Management" example supplied with WINDEV is using:

the mechanism of templates of templates,
the window templates,
the control templates,
the reverse modeling of templates.