Re: function to resize a UML class object's extent?

["Andrew S . Halper" <ashalper acm org>]

On 2001.11.28 11:54 Lars Clausen wrote:
> On Wed, 28 Nov 2001, Andrew S. wrote:

> > Like this:
> > 
> >       /* the {persistent} tag should be made optional (or at least
> > 	 concealable) eventually */
> >       nameprop->string_data =
> > 	  g_strdup_printf("%s {persistent}",
> > 			  gschema_element->base_table_def_sql->table_sql->str);
> >       /* this compulsory capitalization of class-names-as-table-names
> > 	 should be made optional eventually */
> >       nameprop->string_data[0] =
> > 	  (char) toupper((int)
> > 		 gschema_element->base_table_def_sql->table_sql->str[0]);
> >       g_strdown(nameprop->string_data + 1);
> > 
> >       umlclass_obj->ops->set_props(umlclass_obj, props);
> > 
> >       /* need some code here to fit the size of the class box to the
> > 	 size of the class name (which doesn't happen automatically) a
> > 	 la Properties->Apply button */
> 
> Well, it should happen automatically when set_props is called.  That it
> doesn't is a problem in object.c, or possibly deeper, in the properties.
> The text is a sub-object, and its width doesn't get updated after
> set_props.  The update_data function doesn't update the width of the text
> object, obviously that object is expected to handle it itself.  But somehow
> the text change is propagated to the text object without the width being
> set?  I'm a little confused about this.  Your code looks good to me.
> Cyrille, do you have any comments on the property updates?

Clicking on Dialogs->Properties->Apply (after the import plug-in finishes) sets
everything to rights on an individual class object, but after studying the code,
I'm still not sure why.

Andy