Split lifeline activation bar to model focus of control

In sequence diagram it is very common to use the activation bar to model the focus of control in runtime. In Visual Paradigm by default the activation bar of the lifeline will extend automatically along with its incoming and outgoing messages.

Sequence Diagram with activation bar on lifeline

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How to evaluate different editions of VP Online

Visual Paradigm Online (VP Online) is a pure web based platform provide modeling and project management support. It comes with different editions covering different set of features. By default when you evaluate VP Online it will be in the Premium Edition which cover all the features. In case you would like to try out the lower editions you can follow the steps below to make the change: Read more

Create Migration Roadmap Diagram using Open API

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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How to upgrade your Visual Paradigm Desktop client (perpetual license) to higher edition

You may be using the Modeler Edition of Visual Paradigm and want to upgrade to higher edition for more features. In this article, we will provide you with all the information about upgrading, from pricing to procedure. Read more

Create Business Process Diagram using Open API

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

Why the class members not being generate to document?

Trying to create custom document template on Class Diagram to output its containing classes and its members but none of the class member being rendered…

No class member being rendered to document

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How to output relationships details using Doc. Composer

Doc. Composer provides an extremely customizable way to query the details of model elements and out put them into Word, PDF and HTML documents. In this article we will teach you how to customize the document templates to output the details of a relationship model. Read more

Import diagrams from draw.io to VP Online

Visual Paradigm Online (VP Online) is a unified online platform contain numbers of power tool, include modeling of customer journey, perform agile development with Scrum process, management your development process with the built-in task management platform, and drawing various kind of diagrams (UML, BPMN, ArchiMate, ERD, AWS, Azure, etc…) to model your system. VP Online support import drawing from external tools such as draw.io. To import drawings from draw.io: Read more

Control Background Color of Table Rows in Doc. Composer

The Doc. Composer template allow users to customize how the model data being generated into documents. User can freely control how the rendering of model data by writing XML template. In this article we will demonstrate how to control the background color of table rows when writing XML templates. Read more

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

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