VISIO clobbers code

[carqs123]

I used Rational Rose UML for quite some time. When I generated code it
didn't clobber my code. Rose put little markers which stated here you
can put your personal modifications and Rose will preserve them after
regenerating code.

VISIO seems not to put any markers into the code it generates and when
I regenerate the code it clobbers whatever changes I made in the
methods.

Is this something than I can control, like a property to turn on/off in

VISIO, or is it just a permanent feature of VISIO?

I am using VISIO that comes with Visual Studio 2003 Enterprise package.

So it may be a few years old version. Maybe a newer version added the
code regeneration capability?

 

[Tom Porterfield]

I used Rational Rose UML for quite some time. When I generated code it
didn't clobber my code. Rose put little markers which stated here you
can put your personal modifications and Rose will preserve them after
regenerating code.

VISIO seems not to put any markers into the code it generates and when
I regenerate the code it clobbers whatever changes I made in the
methods.

Is this something than I can control, like a property to turn on/off in
VISIO, or is it just a permanent feature of VISIO?

I am using VISIO that comes with Visual Studio 2003 Enterprise package.
So it may be a few years old version. Maybe a newer version added the
code regeneration capability?

Comparing Ration Rose to Visio is like comparing a jet plane to a Lexus.
They both can be used to transport people, but other than that they really
aren't similar at all. Among many other differences between Rose and Visio
is the fact that Visio does not round trip between code and diagram.