Attaching a file object to a PowerDesigner object

Chapter 6 Managing Objects

Attaching a file object to a PowerDesigner object

If you want to document the model objects, you can attach one or more file objects to any PowerDesigner objects that support extended dependencies.

You do this by creating a link between them, which is called an extended dependency.

For more information on extended dependencies, see section Displaying object dependencies in chapter Using the PowerDesigner Interface.

There are several ways to attach a file object to a PowerDesigner object:

Graphically from the diagram window using the Link/Extended Dependency tool from the diagram toolbar
From the Extended Dependencies tab of the PowerDesigner object property sheet
From the contextual menu of the PowerDesigner object symbol

Whatever the method used, the attachment between both objects is showed:

Graphically in the diagram
In the Dependencies tab in the influent object property sheet and in the Extended Dependencies tab in the dependent object property sheet
In the contextual menu of the PowerDesigner object symbol

Each time you attach a file object to a PowerDesigner object, the file object name is displayed in the contextual menu of the PowerDesigner object symbol. You can then select the file name to directly open it.