>>I have been reading the MMF documentation and Kevin uses graphics to display information about the objects and the relationships. There are symbols used fjor each property and method and I don't understand what they mean. Does anyuone know what type of documentation this is?
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> He's using UML notation. Normally the "top" box in the diagrams are the base class and each box/arrow below (that points to the one above) is the child class.
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> An example of this is the "Understanding the Application Class" section. There is a diagram showing the relationships on the first page.
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>CApplication and CApplicationCOM are both based on ther CAppBase class (ie they're subclassed from it). Application is a subclass of CApplication.
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>In some of the other diagrams you'll see something like:
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>CSystemSettings
>-------------------
>+ cIniFile
>+ cRegistryKey
>+ cType
>-------------------
>+Get(tcSection, tcEntryNum)
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>-------------------
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>The top box represents the object properties, the bottom one methods. In your subclasses they don't repeat the method listings. It's assumed that they are also there (since it's a subclass). The + next to them means they're public properties/methods. A - means it's private, and a # means it's protected.
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> If the class name is in italics it means it's an abstract class (it's not mean to be directly instanciated). The solid line with the open arrow denotes a subclass.
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> There's a bunch more to all this, but that should give you a basic idea. There are a lot of books on UML if you want/need more info.
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>HTH


Do You know of any utilities that can read VFP classes and produce UML diagrams?