Main Evolutions of
Version 6
Since version 5.5, all the
evolutions integrated in Win'Design were aimed at improving the opening and
customizing abilities of Win'Design Suite.
Main
Evolutions in Version 6 (pdf)
- French version
Version 6 ...
Making the use of Win'Design easier ...
A new wizard provides an
easier entrance in Win'Design, for each module, and for each type of model. Help
is available to explain the objectives of each modeling.
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Palettes toolbox ...
Version 6 provides great
improvements, especially useful for the users of the Business Process
module : palettes can be created and customized, to adapt the symbols
representation to the selected modeling type (BPMN, Quality, OSSAD, Mapping, ...).
The ability of Meta-model extension integrated since Version 5.6, the
generelization of stereotypes and extended characteristics provide extensive
abilities to customize the definition and graphic representation of the
objects.
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informations about palettes ...
And also ...
A new menu
"Win'Design Online" is available in the Help Menu,
providing a direct access to the Win'Design website, the Forum and the
Technical support.
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...
A new function enables
you to send your models by e.mail.
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...
A wizard for the
process decomposition
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A new function to
update the configuration parameters (profile) : this function is available in
patch 6.01 - Detailed
contents of this patch
More information
about this new function ...
New
wizard ...
To create a new diagram,
select the "New" function in the "File" menu or
click  .
The wizard is displayed.
Nota : click on the
upper left corner of a button to display the help.
Click on one of the four
button to select the module you want to use (For example : Business
Process).
The models are classified
by modeling type.
Click on + in front of the group name (ex: BPM) to display the
available models, then select one of them.
The window display, with
the palettes of available objects managed in this model type.
Nota : The
"Parameter ..." button enable to define and customize other
model types.
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Win'Design
Online ...
A new function "Win'Design
Online" has been added in the "?" menu, providing a
direct access to :
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Sending
your models by e.mail ...
A new function is now
available in the "File" menu. It enables you to send a model
by e.mail, directely from Win'Design.
This function is available
for the current diagram.
Select the functiion. .
The model is sent as an attached document.
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Process
decomposition ...
To decompose a process,
click on the symbol to display its pop up dialog, and press the
"Decompose ..." button.
The wizard is displayed.
Click the radio button to
choose in which model the object will be decomposed. Press
"Next".
Select the type of diagram
and the diagram of decomposition (new or existing diagram). Press
"Next".
Select the objects you want
to generate in the decomposition. Press "End" to confirm.
The diagram is generated.
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Cusotmizable
palettes ...
Win'Design enables to
define tools palettes, complementary to the standard tools bar
containing the method objects.
Those palettes are composed from the graphic options defined in the
standard profile.
· The objects types
· The objects stereotypes
· Or any other graphic option based on a criterion
can be therefore
displayed with their customized shapes and styles.
In that case, when the
object is represented, the characteristics of the objects on which the
graphic option is based will be automatically initialized.
In its standard version, a set of predefined palettes is available,
adapted to each type of model and corresponding to the standard
profile provided by default.
Nota : the definition of the palettes is made and saved in
the standard profile (standard.cfg file in the : CONFIG
repertory).
Creating
a palette
To create a new palette :
Select the "Profile standard" function in the
"Options" Menu and press the "Palettes" button.
The « Palettes » dialog is displayed.
Specifying
a default palette
The default palettes that will be
displayed at the opening of atype of diagram can be specified.
Other palettes could be chosen by the user to complete the displayed
ones.
To affect a palette to a diagram type,
select the palette in the list and click the « Diagram »
tab in the right part of the dialog.
The list of the diagrams types is displayed.
Check the box at the right
side of the selected diagram.
Nota : the same palette can be affected by default to several
types of diagrams.
Defining
the palette contents
The palettes contents can be defined :
· Either : in the « Palette »
dialog, from the « Contents » tab. In that case, the
choice of the graphic options is done from a palette.
· Or : in the « Graphic options » dialog, from
the « Palette » tab. In that case, the selection of the
palettes is done from a graphic option.
1 - Assigning graphic options to a palette
Select a palette in the dialog and
click on the « Contents » tab.
Click on "+". A wizard is displayed.
1rst step : selecting
the diagram
2nd step : selecting
the graphic option
The selection can be
done on all the type (1rst level object), stereotype or graphic
option.
3rd step : selecting
the graphic representation displayed in the palette
The graphic representation of the
object as it has be defined in the graphic option is displayed.
Another image can be choosen to replace it ("Select"
button and selection of a .bmp, gif, jpeg, wmf file).
Nota : the objects can be
displayed in 16x16 or 32x32 pixels. The size adjustement is
automatically done.
4th step : validation
At the wizard closing, the graphic
option is diaplayed in the « contents » tab.
Changing the display order of the
symbols in the palette
The symbols are displayed in the
palette ordered as they are in the « Contents » list.
To modify this presentation, select a
graphic option and use the top and down arrows to change the order.
Click on the "OK" button and select « YES » to
confirm the standard profile modification to save the new profile
conguration.
2 – Allocating palettes to a
graphic option
Select the « Standard profile »
funtion in the « Options » menu.
Select a diagram type or the commons objects and click on the « Graphic
options » button. Then select a type, a stereotype or a graphic
option and then click on the « Palette » tab in the right
side of the dialog.
Then click on the
"Palette" tab in the right part of the dialog.
Check the box on the line
of the selected palette.
The symbol that will be visible in the palette is displayed. To change
this symbol, use the « Select » button.
Displaying the
palettes toolbar
To display the palettes in
the diagrams, Win'Design provides a toolbar in which the symboles
corresponding to the selected graphic option are displayed.
Several palettes can be displayed in this toolbar.
At the diagram opening,
the default toolbar is displayed.
To display or hide this toolbar, click on 
Display options of
the palettes toolbar
To apply display options
in the palettes toolbar, use the pop up menu of the palettes toolbar
and select the « Display options » function.
Display options
Use the radio buttons to select the
display size of the icons (16x16 or 32x32).
Check the
corresponding options to display or not the Description (object
type, stereotype, graphic option name).
Contents options
By default, the toolbar is composed
of the palettes customized by default for the diagram type.
This composition can be customized by
adding other palettes selected in the « Palettes »
pulling list.
Display the combo-box
in the toolbar : check this option to display the combo-box in
the palettes toolbar, enabling to select a palette in the pulling
list to display it in the toolbar.
Display the default
palettes : check this option to dispaly the default palettes in
the toolbar, defined for the current diagram type.
Add my preferences
: check this option to display the palettes that you have
defined yourself.
The group "My preferences" will be displayed in the
pulling list of the palettes displayed in the combo-box.
Creating the group "My
preferences"
Check "Add my
preferences", and select a palette in the pulling list.
Click on 
.
Use the button 
to delete and the top and down arrow to change the display order.
Updating
configuration (standard profile)
Available in patch
6.01
1 - Configuration of
Win'Design
The configuration parameters that impact
the modeling, concerns :
- The diagrams definition in the
Business Process module ("Options" menu -"Processing
models parameters")
- Stereotypes / extended characteristics
("Options" menu - "Standard profile")
- Graphical options ("Standard
profile")
- Palettes ("Standard profile")
- The wizard displayed at Win'Design
start up enabling the choice of the type of diagram ("Parameter"
in this wizard)
Especially in the Business Process module,
in which new types of diagrams can be defined, it is required to
preserve the coherence of all these configurations.
The files containing these parameters are
:
- windsign.mt : at the root of
the "Data" directory of Win'Design installation -->
Configuration of the diagrams of the Business Process module
- standard.cfg : in the "Data\Config"
directory --> Profile
- windsign.dtc : in the "Data\startup"
directory --> Win'Design start up wizard (diagrams)
The path to these files can be changed
with the "Default folders" function in the "Options - Preferences"
menu.
Select "Win'Design folders - Path
name" :
- CONFIG for the file : standard.cfg
- STARTUP for the file : windsign.dtc
- USER for the file : windsign.mt
Nota : the other configuration
files are not concerned by this update (DBMS drivers, edition forms,
...).
2 - In which case to do this
updating ?
The parameters updating can be done in
the following cases :
- Parameters modifications broadcasting
between users using standalone versions.
- Installation of an update or a new
version of Win'Design
- Merging of several profiles created
independantly
Nota : In all cases, we advice
you to save the previous versions of these files, to be able to
restore them if an incident occures, especially at the installation of
an update of Win'Design, when these parameters files can be writtten
over on option.
3 - Function
Select the "Configuration updating"
function in the "Options" menu.
The wizard is displayed and the first
window displays a HTML page giving informations about the update.
Click the "Next" button to
select your updating options.
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