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What's new in the Modeler automation interface (automation interface)
The Automation Interface provided with Modeler 8.5 does not include any significant changes.
What was new in Modeler 8.4
The Automation Interface provided with Modeler 8.4 did not include any significant changes.
What was new in Modeler 8.3
The Automation Interface provided with Modeler 8.3 included the following changes:
• New Reception object.
• New Language attribute for Event Action Block.
• New Merge Package Permissions attribute for Package.
• New CreateCloneEx function for performing large clone operations.
What was new in Modeler 8.2
This section documents what changes were made to the Automation Interface in Modeler 8.2.
Object changes
• New Actual Variant Parameter
• New Variant Parameter.
Attribute changes
• New Artifact Property Name attribute for Dependency.
• New Effective Language attribute for Operation, Package and Project.
• New Is Bidirectional attribute for Dependency.
• New Language attribute for Operation, Package and Project.
• New Propagate Parameter attribute for Dependency.
• New Real RTF attribute for Constraint and Event action block.
• New Token RTF attribute for Activity flow, Comment, Constraint, Event action block, Operation and Script.
• The Script Type attribute of a Script object can now be VariableElement and VariantParameter.
Association changes
• New Actual Variant Parameter association for Decision Set.
• New Parameter association for Dependency and Variant.
• New Script association for Variant and Variation Point.
Function changes
• New InstantiateDecisionSet function.
• The OpenTextEditor, CloseTextEditor and CloseAllWindows functions now open and close the Code Editor.
What was new in Studio 8.1
This section documents what changes were made to the Automation Interface in Studio 8.1.
• New UpdateAllProfiles function.
• New ExportModelEx function.
• New Information Source, Information Target and Realization associations for an IO Flow.
• New Targeted Flow and Sourced Flow associations for the following objects: Action Node, Actor, Attribute, Class, Instance, Object Node and Role.
• New Realization association for an IO Flow.
• New Is Bidirectional attribute for a Dependency.
• IO Flow attribute of an Association is no longer used.
• New Is Derived attribute for an Attribute and Role.