Tricks for plug-in development.

Create Migration Roadmap Diagram using Open API

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Migration roadmap allow user to model and document the time frame, transition and migration of his projects. Besides it also helps to record when a project is reviewed and investment will take place throughout its life-cycle. In Visual Paradigm you can create migration roadmap by manually create it on diagram, or generate it via Open API. In this article we will show you how to create migration roadmap using Visual Paradigm‘s Open API.

The migration roadmap created with Open API

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Create Business Process Diagram using Open API

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Business Process Model and Notation (BPMN) is a standard to model and visualize the business workflow. In Visual Paradigm user can model the business workflow with BPMN using Business Process Diagram. In this article we will show you how to create Business Process Diagram with BPMN using Open API.

Sample Business Process Diagram

This is the Business Process Diagram we going to create. It consist of pools, lanes, task, sub-process, start and end events, as well as sequence and message flows. Read more

Create Protocol State Machine using Open API

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tomcat-thumbThe Protocol State Machine in Unified Modeling Language (UML) helps to express the usage protocol or lifecycle of classifiers. It shows which operations are available for the classifier under which state and conditions, thus provide call sequence of the classifier’s operation. Instead of manually create the protocol state machine, you can also generate it via Visual Paradigm’s Open API. In this article we will show you how to create protocol state machine with Open API. Read more

Create State Diagram using Open API

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tomcat-thumbState Diagram, also call State Machine Diagram is one of the most important diagram in Unified Modeling Language. It helps to visualize the state change of a system, or a particular object in response to various events during the execution of the software. Besides create state diagrams manually, you an also create it programmatically using Open API. In this article we will show you how to create the state diagram with Visual Paradigm’s Open API. Read more

Generate Document for each Business Process Diagram in Project using Open API

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Doc. Composer is a build-in document builder in Visual Paradigm which allows user create professional looks document with fully customizable XML templates. With the Build from Scratch mode user can create customized XML template and drag & drop it into document editor for rendering documents. This process can be automated using Open API. In this document we will demonstrate how create plugin to automatic publish all business process diagrams in your project to Word document using your specified XML template. Read more

Create Timing Diagram using Open API

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tomcat-thumbTiming diagram in Unified Modeling Language (UML) is a kind of interaction diagram. It is a special form of sequence diagram and focus on the time constraints of the interactions between objects. Instead of manually create the timing diagram, you can also generate it via Visual Paradigm’s Open API. In this article we will show you how to create timing diagram with Open API. Read more

Generate CRUD chart for DFD using Open API

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tomcat-thumbCRUD (Create, Read, Update & Delete) are the four basic operations which being performed on data. When analyzing a system, relaying various activities and data together with a CRUD chart can help to understand the relationships between different activities, and how they being link together by the data. Visual Paradigm support creating CRUD chart for any model elements in the project. Besides manually create the CRUD chart you can also generate programmatically using Open API. In this article we will teach you how to generate CRUD chart using Open API. Read more

Generate Image Map for your diagram using Open API

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Image map allow user to create hyperlink to specific part of an image in a HTML document. With Open API you can export your Visual Paradigm diagram into image file also generate HTML document with image map on it. This allow user click on the shape in diagram image and jump to the URL which you defined. In this article you will show you how to export diagram into image and generate image map for it. Read more

Creating Object Diagram using Open API

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tomcat-thumbIn Unified Modeling Language the Class Diagram is a typical diagram for model the static structure of a system. The Class Diagram gives developer a clear picture about how the classes are related to each other. But it only model about the static structure, not about the running instance. For the running instance the Class Diagram is realized by the Object Diagram. In this article we will show you how to create object diagram with Open API. Read more

Create Glossary Grid with Open API

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Defining glossary help your team to understand the software without ambiguity. In Visual Paradigm you can define glossary terms for explaining your models. The glossary terms can be explained by textual description, categorized by labels, and link up the meaning with similar terms using alias. Glossary can be created via the user interface or programmatically with Open API. In this article we will teach you how to create glossary grid using Open API. Read more