Chapter 6 Building Implementation Diagrams

Files

A file object can be a bitmap file used for documentation, or it can be a file containing text that is used for deployment into a server.

A file can be created in the following diagrams:

All Diagrams

The symbol of a file object is as follows:

The file object can have a special function in a deployment diagram, where it can be specified as an artifact (by selecting the Artifact property) and generated during the generation process.

When you want to associate a file object to a node, you can drag a dependency from the file object to the node:

You can also use ctrl and double-click on the parent node symbol, then create the file object into the node diagram.

You can edit a file object by right-clicking its symbol in the deployment diagram and selecting Open Document or Open With→text editor of your choice from the contextual menu.

For more information on file objects, see section Using file objects in chapter Managing objects in the General Features Guide .