Automation Interface Examples: Calling Applications from EA

Deploying Add-ins to users' sites requires three steps:

1.

Add the Add-in DLL file to an appropriate directory on the user's computer i.e. C:\Program Files\ [new dir].

2.

Register the DLL by using the "RegSvr32" command from the command prompt as shown in the example below.

3.

Place a new entry into the registry so that EA recognizes the presence of your Add-in by using the registry editor (run regedit).

4.

Add a new key value EAAddIns under the following location:

HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Sparx Systems

5.

Then add a new key under this key with the project name.

Note: [ProjectName] is not necessarily the name of your DLL, but the name of the Project. In VB, this is the value for the property "Name" corresponding to the project file.

6.

Then specify the default value by modifying the default value of the key.

7.

Enter the value of the key by entering the [project name].[class name]. i.e. EaRequirements.Requirements where EaRequirements is the class name as shown in the example below.

 

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