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UModel® 2012 includes support for a high level automation interface and a low level API that gives direct access to application functionality and the UML data tree.

The UModel® 2012 Application Programming Interface (API) includes full support for programmers who want to remotely access UModel functionality and manipulate UModel projects. The UModel COM-based API and Java-based API both allow complete automated control of UModel and manipulation of UML data structures, classes, interfaces, and diagrams. For example, an external application could launch UModel, then open a UModel project and highlight elements within UML diagrams to provide a visual tracing system that simulates execution of the target application.

The automation API also allows UModel® 2012 to be manipulated externally to update a UML model, re-generate code, or reverse engineer existing code in response to external events. The API allows users to:

• Write UModel plug-ins to add special functionality, with custom windows and dialog boxes, that can be installed in UModel® 2012 via the Customize menu
• Manipulate UModel® 2012 with external scripts, for instance to open UModel at a particular time, then reverse engineer a source code library, and create HTML documentation of a project

Complete documentation of the Application Programming Interface for UModel® 2012, including instructions and an example of a UModel plug-in, for is available in the Programmer's Reference section of the UModel® 2012 Online Help on our web site and in the integrated UModel Help system.

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