A Tasks Pane toolbox is defined by a «stereotype» Class that extends a «metaclass»ToolboxPage element. These elements must be owned by a «profile» package. Each «stereotype» Class represents the contents of the Tasks Pane for a given context, and each attribute of the «stereotype» Class defines a command button in the Tasks Pane. The following diagram shows an example of a Tasks Pane toolbox.
The title bar of the Tasks Pane toolbox is defined by the Alias of the «stereotype» Class, in this case Debugging Profile. This example uses the following standard attribute types:
| · | EASystem::MenuCmd. These entries name an Enterprise Architect main menu command inside round brackets. See a complete list of inbuilt commands. Type the text to appear in the Tasks Pane into the Initial Value field. |
| · | EASystem::ShowHelp. These entries name a page from the Enterprise Architect User Guide inside round brackets. To find out the names of pages in the Enterprise Architect User Guide, right-click the page and select the Properties menu option. Type the text to appear in the Tasks Pane into the Initial Value field. |
| · | EASystem::ShowMovie. These entries give the URL of a movie inside round brackets. Type the text to appear in the Tasks Pane into the Initial Value field. |
| · | SEPARATOR. This entry indicates that a separator should be placed in the Tasks Pane toolbox. If it is necessary to place multiple separators in a single toolbox, note that Enterprise Architect does not allow identically named attributes for a Class: simply change the case of one or more letters to get around the problem. |
Other useful attributes include:
| · | isCommon. A boolean attribute with Initial Value set to True defines a Tasks Pane toolbox as context-free and common, appearing for all contexts. |
Next Step
The next step is to create a set of Tasks Pane Contexts.