PM17356: order of actions in state machine diagrams cannot be moved easil y

APAR status

• Closed as program error.

Error description

• Customer has 2 problems :
  A. In state machine diagrams, changes in the order of actions is
   not taken into account before the model is closed and re-opened
  .
  B. It is also not possible to change the order of activities (en
  try, do, exit) in an easy way.
  The user has to do copy/paste of the activities in the right ord
  er to obtain the right results.
  
  
  Problems are reproducible :
    - create a state machine diagram
    - create a state
    - in this state, create activities in this order : exit, do, e
  ntry.
    - under those activities, create at least 2 actions.
  
    A.    - right click on the entry point/exit point/transition
    - select 'UML properties'
    - find the sub properties where all actions are listed ('node'
   for entry/exit).
    - adjust the order using the icons on the right.
    -  close the properties : the diagram still shows the old orde
  r.
    Workaround :
    - close the model, open it again : the diagram shows the new o
  rder.
  
    B: there is no GUI to place the entry, do and exit activities
  in the right order. Workaround: use cut ? paste in the project e
  xplorer view.
  

Local fix

Problem summary

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  Two problems :
  A. In state machine diagrams, changes in the order of
  actions is not taken into account before the model is closed
  and re-opened.
  B. It is also not possible to change the order of activities
  (entry, do, exit) in an easy way.
  The user has to do copy/paste of the activities in the right
  order to obtain the right results.
  
  
  Problems are reproducible :
    - create a state machine diagram
  

Problem conclusion

• Problem A. In state machine diagrams, changes in the order
  of actions is not taken into account before the model is
  closed and re-opened.
  Solution: This issue is fixed now.
  
  
  Problem B. It is also not possible to change the order of
  activities (entry, do, exit) in an easy way. Currently,
  depending on the order of creation, the order of these
  activities can be wrong, for example, they can be displayed
  in the following order exit, do, entry. And the tool doesn't
  provide an easy way for user to put them back in proper
  order.
  
  Solution: After analyzing the issue, I still believe that we
  don't need an UI to do the reordering. The correct order of
  activities is always entry, do, exit. Entry first, then
  DoActivity, and then Exit.
  Change code to always display these activities in proper
  order (entry, do, exit).
  

Temporary fix

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Fix information

• Fixed component name

  RSA-SE WIN

• Fixed component ID

  5724V8800

Applicable component levels

• R753 PSN

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