On 2/12/2013, "Hans Breuer" <[email protected]> wrote: >At 12.02.2013 13:24, Robert Å evč Ãk (DIA) wrote: >> Hi, >> >> I tried to make use of the new can-parent element submitted by Hans >> Breuer in rev b27a03ffe36e94f1a492cf817e9d25d5f37f1040 . >> >> I'd like to use this feature to create shapes for a workflow-kind-of >> project LogHarvester, which is configured through XML. I'd use dia >> together with XSL to allow graphical configuration for the workflow. >> >> The important part is that I need shapes contained within shapes, kind of >> like the UML package does allow other packages to be placed in it. This >> is then represented in the sheet XML as >> >> <dia:childnode parent="O*"/> >> >> I'd like to avoid coding if possible and try to use the .shape XML first >> and I found this recent addition of can-parent element in shape_info.c, >> which I though was precisely what I need, but alas it doesn't work for >> me. All I tried was adding the can-parent element to a copy of the >> perfect square shape. All is fine except that it doesn't play the role >> of the parent - ie, the can-parent element is ignored. >> >> <can-parent /> >> >> I have updated from GIT to the most recent version and I have checked >> that the change b27a03ffe36e94f1a492cf817e9d25d5f37f1040 is indeed >> included in the updated source. I have recompiled and run the new binary. >> >> Is it possible I missed something or is this supposed to work at all? >> > From your description I can not point out what is going wrong. Still the >feature works for me as intended so maybe you mixed up something. >
Hi Hans, Do you mean you can stick other shapes on a shape marked wit <can-parent /> and the child shapes then appear in the sheet xml with <dia:childnode parent="O*"/> ? Would you pass me a sample shape definition xml please? Thanks a lot, Rob _______________________________________________ dia-list mailing list [email protected] https://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/dia-list FAQ at http://live.gnome.org/Dia/Faq Main page at http://live.gnome.org/Dia
