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<DIV dir=ltr align=left><SPAN class=953472116-09122005><FONT face=Arial
color=#0000ff size=2>Somtimes, if the change in your MetaGME metamodel is not
large, it's easier to edit the UML metamodel inside your UMT project by hand
rather than using library update. A small percentage of the time, the
library update utility can fail and do strange things to your project, like
setting all the references in your transformion rule to refer to null,
so make a backup before using it.</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
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<DIV dir=ltr align=left><SPAN class=953472116-09122005><FONT face=Arial
color=#0000ff size=2>--Matt</FONT></SPAN></DIV><BR>
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<FONT face=Tahoma size=2><B>From:</B>
great-users-bounces@list.isis.vanderbilt.edu
[mailto:great-users-bounces@list.isis.vanderbilt.edu] <B>On Behalf Of
</B>Sandeep Neema<BR><B>Sent:</B> Friday, December 09, 2005 6:06
AM<BR><B>To:</B> great-users<BR><B>Subject:</B> RE: [great-users] Change
Metamodels in Great<BR></FONT><BR></DIV>
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<P class=MsoNormal><FONT face=Arial color=navy size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: navy; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">Tobias,</SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><FONT face=Arial color=navy size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: navy; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">Library update
interpreter is your friend. Included your updated metamodel in the transformer
(alongwith the old metamodel). For sanity rename the old metamodel to <meta
name>-old before importing the updated one. Now, run the Library Update
interpreter (icon looks like an ‘ear muff’). Tell it the old metamodel name i.e.
<meta name>-old, and the new metamodel name (you just imported). It will
redirect all your references in the transformation rules to your new meta. Now
you can delete the old meta from your transformation without any lost
references.</SPAN></FONT></P>
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<P class=MsoNormal><FONT face=Arial color=navy size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: navy; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">There is one quirk (not
a major one), it swaps the names of two metas (old and new) when its done. So I
would carefully check before deleting the old meta.</SPAN></FONT></P>
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style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: navy; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">HTH,</SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><FONT face=Arial color=navy size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: navy; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">Sandeep</SPAN></FONT></P>
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style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: navy; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">--</SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoAutoSig><FONT face="Times New Roman" color=navy size=3><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; COLOR: navy">Sandeep Neema</SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoAutoSig><FONT face="Times New Roman" color=navy size=3><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; COLOR: navy">Research Scientist,</SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoAutoSig><FONT face="Times New Roman" color=navy size=3><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; COLOR: navy">Institute</SPAN></FONT><FONT
color=navy><SPAN style="COLOR: navy"> of Software</SPAN></FONT><FONT
color=navy><SPAN style="COLOR: navy"> Integrated Systems, Vanderbilt
University</SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoAutoSig><FONT face="Times New Roman" color=navy size=3><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; COLOR: navy">Phone: 615-343-9996</SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoAutoSig><FONT face="Times New Roman" color=navy size=3><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; COLOR: navy">Email: <A
href="mailto:sandeep.k.neema@vanderbilt.edu">sandeep.k.neema@vanderbilt.edu</A></SPAN></FONT></P></DIV>
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<P class=MsoNormal><B><FONT face=Tahoma size=2><SPAN
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great-users-bounces@list.isis.vanderbilt.edu
[mailto:great-users-bounces@list.isis.vanderbilt.edu] <B><SPAN
style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold">On Behalf Of </SPAN></B>Tobias Welp<BR><B><SPAN
style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold">Sent:</SPAN></B> Friday, December 09, 2005 5:09
AM<BR><B><SPAN style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold">To:</SPAN></B> great-users<BR><B><SPAN
style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold">Subject:</SPAN></B> [great-users] Change Metamodels in
Great</SPAN></FONT></P></DIV>
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style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">Hello
Great-Experts,</SPAN></FONT></P></DIV>
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<P class=MsoNormal><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">I'm searching for a possibility to
change (add classes) my GME meta-models after I included them into a GReAT
project. Of course, it is possible to change the project, but it hasn't any
effect on the included project in GReAT. I see the possibility to include the
current meta-model for the second time and to delete the old model, but than I
have to rewrite all the transformation rules which is unfortunately tedious
work.</SPAN></FONT></P></DIV>
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style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">Regards,</SPAN></FONT></P></DIV>
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