Attaching a file object to a PowerDesigner object

Chapter 6 Managing Objects

You can attach a file object to another object in any of the following ways:

Right-click an object symbol in the diagram and select File→ Add File from the contextual menu.
Use the Link/Extended Dependency tool in the diagram palette to draw a link from the object symbol to the file object symbol.
Open the property sheet of the object, click the Extended Dependencies tab, and select the file object using the Add Objects tool..

The connection between the object and the file object takes the form of an extended dependency, and is visible:

Graphically in the diagram
On the Dependencies tab of the file object property sheet and on the Extended Dependencies tab of the dependent object property sheet
Under the File menu item in the contextual menu of the dependent object symbol.

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