How to: Delete Endpoints from System Diagrams
In System Designer, you can delete endpoints on the current system definition. If you want to delete endpoints from members of the system definition, you must delete them from the diagrams that define those members.
For example, if you want to delete an endpoint from an application that is a member of a system definition, delete it from the application diagram. Visual Studio also deletes connections to that endpoint on the application diagram.
When you delete an endpoint from a system definition, Visual Studio deletes the following items from all open system diagrams:
References and connections to the deleted endpoint.
Any proxy endpoints and delegations associated with the deleted endpoint.
If any closed system diagrams contain references to the deleted endpoint, Visual Studio removes those references when you open those diagrams.
For more information, see Considerations for Deleting Members and Endpoints from Application Systems and Considerations for Deleting Applications from Application Diagrams.
To delete an endpoint from a system definition
On the system definition boundary, click the endpoint that you want to delete.
On the Edit menu, choose Delete.
Tip
You can also press the DELETE key or right-click the application or system and choose Delete.
To delete the underlying definition of an endpoint in a system definition
On the system diagram, choose one of the following:
For an application endpoint, select the application and choose Go To Definition from the Diagram menu.
Tip
You can also right-click the application and choose Go To Definition.
For a system endpoint, select the system and choose Open in System Designer from the Diagram menu.
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You can also right-click the system and choose Open in System Designer.
Select the endpoint you want to delete.
On the Edit menu, choose Delete.
Tip
You can also press the DELETE key or right-click the endpoint and choose Delete.
The definition of the endpoint you selected is deleted as well as any connections to it on the application diagram. References, connections, proxy endpoints, and delegations associated with the endpoint on open system diagrams are also deleted.
See Also
Concepts
Delegation and Exposure of Application System Behavior
Communication within Application Systems