Common Tasks (Domain-Specific Language Designer)

This section covers common tasks and tasks that are shared among elements that pertain to the Domain-Specific Language Designer.

In This Section

• How to: Change Zoom Levels on Domain-Specific Language Diagrams
  Explains how to change the magnification factor of a diagram for a domain-specific language.

• How to: Organize a Domain-Specific Language Diagram
  Explains how to organize a diagram for a domain-specific language by demonstrating such things as how to show and hide mapping lines, and collapse and expand relationship trees.

• How to: Add a Domain Property
  Explains how to add and define a domain property to various elements in a domain-specific language definition by using the Domain-Specific Language Designer.

• How to: Add a Decorator
  Explains how to add decorators to various elements in a domain-specific language definition. These decorators include text, icon, and ExpandCollapse decorators.

• How to: Validate a Diagram
  Explains how to validate a domain-specific language diagram.

• How to: Edit Attributes on a Diagram Element
  Explains how to edit custom attributes of elements in domain-specific languages.

• How to: Map Elements with the Diagram Element Map Tool
  Explains how to map domain shapes to domain classes and domain relationships by using the element map item in the Toolbox for the Domain-Specific Language Designer.

Related Sections

• Domain-Specific Language Designer Terminology Overview
  Illustrates and defines terminology for the domain-specific language designer, along with its associated DSL Explorer and DSL Details windows.

• Working with the Domain-Specific Language Designer
  Section on using the Domain-Specific Language Designer and its set of supporting tools including the Domain-Specific Language Explorer and the Domain-Specific Language Details Window.

• Domain-Specific Language Tools Glossary
  Defines key terms that are used in the Help for Domain-Specific Language Tools.