The Activity Flow entry is used for setting the view options of the following item types: Control Flows, Exception Handlers and Object Flows.
The following view options are available for Control Flows, Exception Handlers and Object Flows:
• Show Name - specifies that the Name of the item is shown.
• Show Guard - specifies that the value of the item's Guard property is shown on the link.
• Show Weight - specifies that the value of the Weight property is shown on the link.
The following view options are available for Control Flows only:
• Solid - specifies that the link is a sold line.
• Dashed - specifies that the link is a dashed line.
If you opened the View Options by right-clicking the diagram background, the check boxes you select set the default view options for any Control Flows, Exception Handlers and Object Flows that are added to the diagram there after.
If you opened the View Options by right-clicking one or more selected Control Flows, Exception Handlers and Object Flows, the check boxes you select change the view options of those items only.