Error: Diagram with Orphaned Element

[Phil Beauvoir]

A possible case where a model might lose its integrity is with jArchi where one might re-use an object that was deleted from the model in an earlier jArchi operation. There are some checks for this in jArchi, but there may be a case where it happens. When using jArchi, it's best to make a backup first.

[Alberto]

Herve, I'm sorry to say that I had the same issues last night as I worked on recreating my work (this time saving often). I ran into the issue again, and then I was able to recreate it a couple more times. Adding a new element would corrupt the model. The issues went away when I removed the 2.0alpha specialization plugin. It looks like a similar issue that rchevallier raised here: https://forum.archimatetool.com/index.php?topic=677.msg3994

The file I had downloaded from July (but not installed) was 3,461,690 bytes (3,465,216 bytes on disk) which is not the same as 3,461,675 bytes that you have listed. I just downloaded a new one and it's 3,461,690 bytes (3,469,312 bytes on disk).  They both had the same effect, adding a new element would corrupt my model.

Let me know if there's anything I can do to gather details for you.

[Phil Beauvoir]

Alberto, what are the exact steps that cause the error? Are you 100% sure that it is caused by Herve's plug-in.?

I'm interested to know this so I can double-check the core Archi code.

[Hervé]

Hi Alberto,

My apologies, I'm very busy these days and was not available very much for your issue

In addition, I haven't had time to switch to Archi 4.5 yet so couldn't had a chance to test my plugins against this new release. I tried few things to try to reproduce your issue with Archi 4.4 but I never experienced your issue.

Anyway, what would help me is to have a detailed procedure on how to reproduce the issue. I can install Archi 4.5 on a test machine and run tests in debug mode and fix my plugin (if it comes from it).

Thanks
Hervé

[Alberto]

Hi Herve,
No worries, I removed the alpha plugin and everything went back to normal, so the issue is definitively with the alpha version. I tried installing it both on the plugins and the dropins folders and it just wouldn't work even with a blank model. Even settings the preferences are missing (see attached) and setting the logs to Advance don't seem to do anything so I can't get you logs.  I just tried your latest v1 version and that seems to works fine with Archi 4.5.1. 

I use Win10 Enterprise.  I'll test my home machine and my test VMs at home later this week and let you know.

PS. the error message on the screenshot is when I tried to check for new versions.

[Hervé]

Even without any log file, are you able to give me a list of actions that I can follow in Archi to reproduce your issue on my desktop and debug my plugin ?

At the moment, as I failed to reproduce your error, it's quite difficult to investigate ...

[Phil Beauvoir]

And we need to be 100% certain that the error does not happen when this alpha plug-in is not installed.

We need to eliminate other possible causes - Archi itself, jArchi, Collaboration plug-in, DB plug-in...

[Alberto]

I will later this week, need to get thru work first and then will get to replicate and document the issue.