Properties of Diagrams

You can set properties that specify how diagrams will appear in the generated designer. For example, you can specify a default color for text in the diagram.

The following table lists the properties of diagrams.

Property	Description	Default
Fill Color	The fill color for the diagram.	White
Text Color	The color of the text that is displayed on the diagram.	Black
Access Modifier	The access modifier of the class (public or internal).	Public
Custom Attributes	Used to add attributes to the source code class that is generated from this diagram. For more information, see How to: Add Custom Attributes.	<none>
Generates Double Derived	If True, both a base class and a partial class (to support customization through overrides) will be generated. For more information, see Designating Overridable Classes.	False
Has Custom Constructor	If True, a custom constructor will be provided in the source code. For more information, see Providing Custom Constructors.	False
Inheritance Modifier	Describes the kind of inheritance of the source code class that is generated from the diagram (none, abstract or sealed).	None
Base Diagram	The base class of this diagram.	(none)
Name	The name of this diagram.	Current name
Namespace	The namespace that is affiliated with this diagram.	Current namespace
Root Class	The root domain class for this diagram.	Current root class if applicable
Notes	Informal notes that are associated with this element.	<none>
Exposes Fill Color As Property	If True, a domain property has been added to the diagram to enable the fill color to be exposed in the Properties window of the generated designer.	False
Exposes Text Color As Property	If True, a domain property has been added to the diagram to enable the text color to be exposed in the Properties window of the generated designer.	False
Description	The description that is used to document the generated designer.	<none>
Display Name	The name that will be displayed in the generated designer for this diagram.	<none>
Help Keyword	The keyword that is used to index F1 help for this diagram.	<none>

See Also

Other Resources

Domain-Specific Language Tools Glossary

Change History

Date	History	Reason
July 2008	Rewrote and refactored project.	Content bug fix.