Using the add-in menu with EA-Matic

With EA-Matic you can develop add-ins for Enterprise Architect using the built-in scripting feature of EA.

This example shows how to use the add-in menu to add your own menu and menu option, and react to the user clicking such a menu option.

With this script you can use menu options as a regular add-in would

Download the complete script: EA-Matic MenuHandling

Step 1: defining the menu

'EA-Matic
'Tell EA what the menu options should be
function EA_GetMenuItems(MenuLocation, MenuName)
	if MenuName = "" then
		'Menu Header
		EA_GetMenuItems = "-&MyAddinMenu"
	else
		if MenuName = "-&MyAddinMenu" then
			'Menu items
			Dim menuItems(1)
			 menuItems(0) = "TreeViewMenu"
			 menuItems(1) = "DiagramMenu"
			 EA_GetMenuItems = menuItems
		 end if
	end if
end function

Step 2: define the menu state

'Define the state of the menu options
function EA_GetMenuState(MenuLocation, MenuName, ItemName, IsEnabled, IsChecked)
	if MenuName = "-&MyAddinMenu" then
		Select Case ItemName
			case "TreeViewMenu"
				if MenuLocation = "TreeView" then
					IsEnabled = true
				else
					IsEnabled = false
				end if
			case "DiagramMenu"
				if MenuLocation = "Diagram" then
					IsEnabled = true
				else
					IsEnabled = false
				end if
		end select
	end if
	'to return out parameter values we should return an array with all parameters
	EA_GetMenuState = Array(MenuLocation, MenuName, ItemName, IsEnabled, IsChecked)
end function

Step 3: React to user clicking a menu option

'react to user clicking a menu option
function EA_MenuClick(MenuLocation, MenuName, ItemName)
	 	if MenuName = "-&MyAddinMenu" then
		Select Case ItemName
			case "TreeViewMenu"
				Dim Package
				Set Package = Repository.GetTreeSelectedPackage()
				MsgBox ("Current Package is: " & Package.Name)
			case "DiagramMenu"
				Dim Diagram
				Set Diagram = Repository.GetCurrentDiagram()
				MsgBox("Current Diagram is: " & Diagram.Name)
		end select
	end if
end function