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1. ArgoUML Quick Guide Get started with ArgoUML 0 26 Kunle Odutola Anthony Oguntimehin Linus Tolke Michiel van der Wulp ArgoUML Quick Guide Get started with ArgoUML 0 26 by Kunle Odutola Anthony Oguntimehin Linus Tolke and Michiel van der Wulp Copyright 2001 Kunle Odutola Copyright 2004 2008 Michiel van der Wulp This material may be distributed only subject to the terms and conditions set forth in the Open Publication License v1 0 or later the latest version is presently available at http www opencontent org openpub Table of Contents T Tnttodutti i erone aeni apan eces ta puck a ae bes iE te eeteetas E boned 1 1 Welcome to ArgoUML 1 2 About this guide 2 Installing ArsoUM Do ne e a Gehl sed oll E E E medal Rot E ea 2 1 System requirements 2 2 Installation Options sisenes eE nE E EEE EEEE EEE EEE ENEE EET EE 2 3 Installing Auxiliary Modules 24 Command Line Options orni e AE a EE Uae A a ed 2 5 Making zargo file clickable on any Windows csceeeeeseeceeeeeeeeeeeueeeneeeenees 2 5 1 Making zargo file clickable on Windows XP cceeeeeeeseceeeeeeeee eter ees 2 5 2 Making zargo file clickable on Windows Vista c ccseeeeeeeeeeeeeee eens 3 ArgoUMIE Principles oeeie nese eE cute NE EEE E EEES EE REEE EE ES EEE EEN EES meee ohs 3 1 Project Model and Diagram csse oeiee roters nisani Rei ss csaeus ssbiaagsecsacaas sone 3 2 ODIECIS aE SS ieee edd bees cow a2. Select objects by left clicking on them The functionality of ArgoUML can be activated in the menu in toolbars or in pop up menus when right clicking above an object Many of these functions work on the selected objects All diagrams have toolbars at the top which are used to create objects on the diagram Most objects can be added to a diagram and removed from a diagram without deleting it from the mod e1 Select an object on a diagram and then the menu item Edit gt Remove from Diagram clears the object from the diagram but the object remains intact in the model which may be seen in the explorer i e the tree structure at the left hand side Once removed and item can be added back to the diagram or any other diagram for that matter by selecting it in the explorer and selecting the item Add to Dia gram in the right click pop up menu Alternatively you can drag objects from the explorer and drop them onto a diagram 3 3 Overview of the window The top of the window contains a menu bar with commands available In the File menu you can store the project or open another project instead The upper left part of the ArgoUML window shows a tree model of diagrams and objects This view can be adapted to your needs by filtering the objects that are shown and the structure in which they are shown The upper right part of ArgoUML shows the current diagram one at a time You can drag and drop the objects in the diagrams and you can
3. you first need to download the module Unpack the downloaded file in the same directory as you unpacked ArgoUML itself The result should be that the directory that contains the argouml jar file now also contains a subdir ectory named ext which contains the jar files for the extra languages 2 4 Command Line Options When starting ArgoUML from a command line there are several extra possibilities Try typing java jar argouml jar help You will see the instructions Usage options project file Options include help display this information big use big fonts huge use huge fonts nosplash don t display logo at startup norecentfil don t reload last saved file command lt arg gt command to perform on startup batch don t start GUI locale lt arg gt set the locale e g en_GB open lt arg gt open given file on startup print lt arg gt print given file on startup and exit You can also set java settings which influence the behaviour of ArgoUML Xms 250M Xmx500M makes ArgoUML reserve more memory for large projects A common problem is that the User Interface is shown in the wrong language Below is an easy way to switch back to the English UI Please beware the language is in lowercase 3 Installing ArgoUML java jar argouml jar locale en ArgoUML may be run without UI in batch mode Currently the possibilities are very limited Below is an example everything o
4. use the quick links that appear when hovering over a selected ob ject to create new objects connected to the already present objects The lower right part contains various details of the currently selected object You select the object in one 6 ArgoUML Principles of the upper levels and choose what details you want to examine using the tabs The lower left part contains a list of all ToDo items for this model
5. eene E vent eodeta gs E E SE EE OEO EEEE 3 3 Overview of the window iv Chapter 1 Introduction Kunle Odutola 1 1 Welcome to ArgoUML ArgoUML is a powerful yet easy to use interactive graphical software design environment that supports the design development and documentation of object oriented software applications If you are familiar with a family of software applications called Computer Aided Software Engineering CASE tools then you should find ArgoUML instantly familiar The users of ArgoUML are software designers amp architects software developers business analysts sys tems analysts and other professionals involved in the analysis design and development of software ap plications Main features e Open standards XMI SVG and PGML e 100 Platform independent thanks to the exclusive use of Java e Open Source which allows extending or customizeing e Cognitive features like reflection in action opportunistic design comprehension and problem solv ing 1 2 About this guide This guide the ArgoUML Quick Guide is provided to help you get up and running as quickly as pos sible with ArgoUML It provides step by step instructions for obtaining installing and starting ArgoUML performing common tasks and learn more about ArgoUML If you need further details please look in the User Manual http argoum stats tigris org documentation defaulthtml manual Chapter 2 Installing ArgoUML 2 1 Syst
6. em requirements Minimum system requirements Any Operating System that supports Java 15MB of free disk storage space on your hard disk Mouse or other pointing device and a Keyboard Java JRE or JDK version 5 or higher 2 2 Installation options Now that you have a computer that can install and run ArgoUML effectively you need to decide which of the installation options available is appropriate for you You can choose from the following options Java Web Start This alternative is good for occasional users and tests It is the easiest and quickest way to start using ArgoUML It requires connection to the ArgoUML homepage http www argouml org 1 Make sure you have Java Web Start http java sun com products javawebstart installed 2 Follow the Launch ArgoUML link from the ArgoUML homepage http www argoumL org 3 ArgoUML will be downloaded cached locally and started 4 On subsequent starts the ArgoUML is available also from the Java Web Start console even without being connected to the internet and if connected at each start the version is checked against that on the web server and updates are automatically downloaded Use the Windows Installer This installation method is the easiest way for most Windows users It also installs all available mod ules which includes support for e g C and PHP 1 Download the installer from the ArgoUML homepage http www argouml org The filename is of the form Arg
7. n line It reads a test zargo from my working directory gets the diagram named A and writes a PNG graphical file for this diagram Without the batch ArgoUML would start up the UI after executing the commands java jar argouml jar batch command org argouml uml ui ActionOpenProject c Documents and Settings Michiel My Documents test zargo command org argouml ui cmd ActionGotoDiagram A command org argouml uml ui ActionSaveGraphics c Documents and _ Settings Michiel My Docu ments test PNG 2 5 Making zargo file clickable on any Win dows 2 5 1 2 5 2 The Windows installer for ArgoUML assigns the zargo extension to the ArgoUML application so that double or single clicking on a ArgoUML project file automatically starts ArgoUML However if the installer is not used but one of the other installation methods is used then you may want to configure Windows manually for this In this case follow the explanation below Making zargo file clickable on Windows XP Ewan R Grantham Warning We have reports that this isn t working on Windows Vista Please don t try it there see the next chapter instead This works only if you have installed using the binary distribution First find a Zargo file and right click on it You should get the normal Windows menu including an Open or Open With option At this point give a description for the file like ArgoUML Model and tell Windows to use Notepad to open
8. oUML vvvv setup exe with vvvv the version number 2 Run the downloaded installer program and follow the directions on the screen 3 The install wizard gives you the opportunity to install the latest JRE Java Runtime Environ ment There is no need to select this if you already have a Sun Java installed version 5 or bet ter Binary distribution This is good for regular users and guarantees that the version of ArgoUML cannot change during the course of your project Installing ArgoUML Make sure that you have a recent Java JRE installed Download the ArgoUML binary distribution from the ArgoUML homepage http www argouml org This could also include copying it to and from a USB memory stick or CD in order to get it to the computer if no network connection is available Create an ArgoUML installation directory Change the current directory to the ArgoUML installation directory and extract the ArgoUML files to the installation directory Start by running the argoum1 jar file either by simply double clicking on the file or by executing the following command java jar argouml jar at the command line or via a batch file 2 3 Installing Auxiliary Modules The stan dard installation of ArgoUML already comes with several modules which add e g support for C php and C code generation In some cases you may want to add even more functionality by adding a third party module To make this possible
9. priate 2 Associate your zargo files with this batch file just double click a zargo file and follow the instruc tions Chapter 3 ArgoUML Principles When ArgoUML starts it shows an empty class diagram on which you can add various objects ArgoUML works according the following principles 3 1 Project Model and Diagram The file operations save and open handle one project at a time One project corresponds to a model plus diagram information i e everything you can edit within the ArgoUML window The model may contain many objects ModelElements which form the complete UML description of the system you are describing All ModelElements might be present on a diagram but this is not re quired Hence the model that is stored in ArgoUML is independent of the contents of the diagrams This may be explained by the possibility to generate programming code from the model you do not need any diagrams for this An ArgoUML project also contains all diagram information i e the shapes presentation used to represent the various UML ModelElements their location color etc Some ModelElements appear on multiple diagrams some on one or none Hence saving and opening projects retains all this information There is a way to only save the model information though which is by the menu Tools gt Export as XMI This may be usefull e g when generating programming code with an external tool that understands XMI 3 2 Objects
10. the file That s not what you want to do ultimately but it does get Win dows to accept the zargo extension as representing a valid file type Now open Windows Explorer and from the menu select View gt Options or on Windows XP Tools gt Folder Options You should get a two or more tabbed dialog Click the File Types dialog and then scroll through the list for the Description you gave in the example ArgoUML Model Click to select that file type and then click the Edit button Now click on the Open action and then the Edit button there You will then get a dialog that has a line for entering in the application action which will have a line for using Notepad to open the file Re place that line with C Program Files Java j2re1 6 0_05 bin javaw exe jar e ArgoUML argouml jar L Substitute your path to your javaw exe and argouml jar files if they are in a different location Click OK then click OK then click OK three buttons on three different levels of the dialog The L in the above commandline is needed instead of 1 because that is the way to support filename extensions of more than 3 characters Making zargo file clickable on Windows Vista 4 Installing ArgoUML Allan Todd 1 Create a batch file runargo bat in your ArgoUML directory which looks something like this echo off cd C ArgoUML start javaw cp argouml jar org argouml application Main 1 B repla cing C ArgoUML as appro
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