Msc-generator is an easy to use, simple tool designed to enable you to draw Message Sequence Charts for telecommunication applications from textual description.
Message Sequence Charts (MSCs) are a way of representing entities and message interactions over some time period and are often used in combination with SDL.
MSCs are popular in telecom an data networks and standards to specify how protocols operate. MSCs need not be complicated to create or use. Msc-generator aims to provide a simple text language that is clear to create, edit and understand, and which can be transformed into images.
Here are some key features of "Msc-generator":
· A rich syntax to describe arrows, boxes, comments and more.
· A rich set of fully customizable visual attributes - or just use pre-defined styles.
· Export in PNG, PDF, SVG, EMF and EPS formats.
· Full OLE support on Windows - double click an embedded chart to edit.
· Now includes a windows installer. Just download msi and double-click.
· Updated user interface, color syntax highlighting and print support.
Requirements:
· Microsoft .NET Framework 2.0
What's New in This Release: [ read full changelog ]
· Now you can annotate the chart using the ‘note’ and ‘comment’ commands.
· place a floating callout onto the chart, whereas comments are listed on the side.
· Added the ‘title’ and ‘subtitle’ commands to enable headings on charts.
· Introduced the notion of full designs and partial designs. Added the ‘msc+=’ option to add a partial design. Now it is allowed to set the chart background in a chart design.
· Also added a few new designs.
· Added the ability to refer to other elements in labels. First name an element using the ‘refname’ attribute (use an arbitrary string) then use the ‘\r(name)’ escape in a label to insert the number of the element. If the named element has no label or number, nothing will be inserted. Note that you cannot name an entity like this.
· Several bugfixes in layout and drawing engines.
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