[gme-users] Changing .xme after renaming elements

[Zoltan Molnar]

Did you compare the different xmp files? That would show you the
difference between the original and the modified meta.
You could do a search/replace or XSL transf based on that.

I attach the xslt demo script provided with the GME install package ( in
the sf/xslt directory) which makes a "kind search/replace" (changing the
"Basic" kindname to "Primitive") transformation for such cases as yours.

Zoli

> -----Original Message-----
> From: gme-users-bounces at list.isis.vanderbilt.edu 
> [mailto:gme-users-bounces at list.isis.vanderbilt.edu] On Behalf 
> Of Krishnakumar B
> Sent: Thursday, August 12, 2004 9:45 AM
> To: gme-users
> Subject: [gme-users] Changing .xme after renaming elements 
> 
> 
> Hi,
> 
> I had to make a change to the meta-model as follows:
> 
> Original meta
> -------------
> 
> A child of element named "ComponentContainer" contained a 
> Reference named "ComponentType", which referred to a 
> modelProxy named "ComponentDef". "ComponentDef" is a proxy of 
> model element "Component".
> 
> Modified meta
> -------------
> 
> A child of element named "ComponentContainer" contains a 
> ReferenceProxy named "ComponentRef", which is a proxy to a 
> Reference named "ComponentRef". "ComponentRef" refers to the 
> element "Component" which is the same as what the original 
> "ComponentType" referred to.
> 
> When I replace all instances of the word "ComponentType" with 
> "ComponentRef" in a model developed using the original meta, 
> and try to import the XML file, the import fails with the message:
> 
> Error importing XML file (0x80731001): Improper use of object
> 
> I have no ideas as to what element was expected and what was 
> found as the error message is not very descriptive.
> 
> Does anyone know how to achieve what I am trying to do by 
> changing the XME file so that GME will allow importing the 
> old models? I don't want to redo all the models by hand again 
> (which will take weeks to complete).
> 
> I am at a loss as to how to proceed finding the source of the 
> problem. AFAICS, there is no change in semantics. No element 
> deletion or addition.
> 
> Is there any repository of XSLT scripts that allow such 
> modifications? I am sure I am not the first person trying to 
> do something like this.
> 
> Any help is much appreciated.
> 
> -kitty.
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