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<p><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>Thanks
for the answer.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>If
I understand you correctly you advise me to use what is called in the help
files: "</span>The third types of these <span style='color:white;
background:#0A246A'>components</span> are <em>add-ons</em>, i.e. <span
style='color:white;background:#0A246A'>components</span> that can react to
GME-events sent by the COM Mga-Layer. These <span style='color:white;
background:#0A246A'>components</span> are very useful to make GME a run-time
executional environment or to write more sophisticated paradigm dependent or
independent extensions.<span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";
color:#1F497D'>"</span><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";
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<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";
color:#1F497D'>I'll look into creating these kind of components and use the basic
functionality as a starting point.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";
color:#1F497D'>Regards,<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";
color:#1F497D'>Jeroen Kouwer<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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gme-users-bounces@list.isis.vanderbilt.edu
[mailto:gme-users-bounces@list.isis.vanderbilt.edu] <b>On Behalf Of </b>Larry
Howard<br>
<b>Sent:</b> Tuesday, 01 June, 2010 14:02<br>
<b>To:</b> A list for GME users to share thoughts and discuss bugs and fixes.<br>
<b>Subject:</b> Re: [gme-users] Instances in Aspects<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal>GME provides all of the necessary support for creating and
using palettes of types, it just doesn't provide it in a generalized facility
as nicely integrated into the interface as Aspects. On the other hand,
since Aspects conditionalize both the Parts browser and the modeling canvas, I
don't think that Aspects give you precisely what you want either.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal>One alternative is to provide your own support via GME
components. I've attached a screenshot of such an approach from a GME
environment called CAPE. On the left in the screenshot are meta-objects,
and (for the selected meta-object) on the right is a palette of types (labeled
"Templates"). The component supports instancing the types.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif";
color:black'>Regards,<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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color:black'>lph<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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color:black'>--<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif";
color:black'>Larry Howard, Sr. Research Scientist<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif";
color:black'>Institute for Software Integrated Systems, Vanderbilt University<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal>On Jun 1, 2010, at 5:30 AM, KOUWER Jeroen wrote:<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";
color:#1F497D'>Is there another way (besides Aspects) to force the use of
instances only in a diagram / generated editor? Because I don't want to allow
the users to change the definition.</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";
color:#1F497D'>Regard,</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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color:#1F497D'>Jeroen Kouwer</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'>From:</span></b><span
class=apple-converted-space><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'> </span></span><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'><a
href="mailto:gme-users-bounces@list.isis.vanderbilt.edu">gme-users-bounces@list.isis.vanderbilt.edu</a><span
class=apple-converted-space> </span>[mailto:gme-users-bounces@list.isis.vanderbilt.edu]<span
class=apple-converted-space> </span><b>On Behalf Of<span
class=apple-converted-space> </span></b>Larry Howard<br>
<b>Sent:</b><span class=apple-converted-space> </span>Tuesday, 01 June,
2010 12:23<br>
<b>To:</b><span class=apple-converted-space> </span>A list for GME users
to share thoughts and discuss bugs and fixes.<br>
<b>Subject:</b><span class=apple-converted-space> </span>Re: [gme-users]
Instances in Aspects</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal>Aspects are defined on meta-objects. The Types and
Instances facility addresses objects. So the answer to your first
question is no.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal>Types and Instances seems an appropriate approach to what
you describe, but you must leave Aspects aside.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif";
color:black'>Regards,</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif";
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<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif";
color:black'>Larry Howard, Sr. Research Scientist</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif";
color:black'>Institute for Software Integrated Systems, Vanderbilt University</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal>On Jun 1, 2010, at 3:57 AM, KOUWER Jeroen wrote:<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'>Hello,</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'>I
would like to have one team developing a variaty of objects (e.g. cars,
computers, etc.). And I would like to create the ability for another group to
use these objects (in e.g. car-park lists, network design, etc.). My first idea
is to use instances of objects: have one group model the objects and allow
another group to create instances of these objects. The manual explains how to
create instences from an already created object, but is it possible to restrict
the contents of an aspect to instences of a certain object?</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'>So
my approach is to use instances, but should / can it be done with a different
approach using GME?</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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