IrfanView...

is my favourite!

It is:

• easy to download
• easy to install
• easy to use
• doesn't need much space nor memory
• converst from *mother* format to *father* format
• knows to do a lot of things which I find useful

And today it made me soo happy. I was looking for a third party tool to help me print screen and also show the cursor. And Irfanview has it and it took me like 10 seconds to figure it how to use it: Options -> Capture -> I had to configure nothing -> I noticed the hot key: Ctrl + F11 -> pressed Start -> went on page I wanted captured put the cursor over -> Pressed Ctrl + F11 -> there is was my printscreen WITH CURSOR :).

I haven't found a good free xsd navigator yet.

Enterprise Arhitect Database Shape Component

Oh, hello there, It's only been two years, please do excuse me, but one needs to be in a certain state to be able to share his knowledge.

I got to the point where I needed to make a Component Diagram in Enterprise Arhitect. All good and beautiful using the hyper smart Enterprise Arhitect, 30 Days Trial version. Aaaaand I want to add a component that looks like the agreed database symbol in a diagram. guess what I was so stupid I couldn't find it in Enterprise Arhitect, I still doubt there is any, I can't understand why wouldn't such a well known tool have such a common Symbol.

I any case the solution was to find out how to make sterotypes, how to use them and I just took a provided shape from here (which proves I was not the only one needing it):

• Go to the Enterprise Arhitect -> Setting -> UML Types... -> Stereotypes Tab
• Put a Stereotype name: e.g. DatabaseShape
• Select Base Class all (or other)
• Select Shape Script radio button
• Press Asign Button
• Paste:

shape main
{
startpath();
moveto(0,10);
lineto(0,90);
arcto(0,80,100,100,0,90,100,90);
lineto(100,10);
endpath();
fillandstrokepath();
ellipse(0,0,100,20);
}
Please remember that I took this code from Sparx System Forum.

To use it:

• Add a new Component from the toolbox
• Double click on it
• In Stereotype Droplist choose the Stereotype name you just created
• Of course you can resize it

And it should look like this:



Have fun!!!