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hi,
I am quite new to django but I liked the idea of generating the model from the 
UML and so I was looking forward to use this "uml-to-django", but I have failed 
after few steps - please help me with it (as I am new I put quite exhaustive 
description what I did):

What steps will reproduce the problem?
1. I have Python 2.7.1 & django & libxml2-python-2.7.7.win32-py2.7 and also 
ArgoUML installed
2. I have a new django project called "mysite" (under .\mysite\) with an empty 
application called APP (under .\mysite\APP\)... and I can successfully run both 
'python manage.py syncdb' and 'python manage.py runserver' in that directory 
(NOTE:I have closed server for next steps)
3. I have downloaded the uml-to-django.zip and unzipped it into .\mysite\uml2dj\
4. I have opened .\mysite\uml2dj\uml2dj.zargo in ArgoUML (draw 2 associated 
classes inside MyApplication board) and saved it as APP.zargo (in the same 
.\mysite\uml2dj\ folder)
5. I have exported in as .\mysite\APP.xmi
6... when I do the 'python uml2dj APP' I have following error in command line:

" .\mysite>python uml2dj APP
C:\Program Files\Python27\python.exe: can't find '__main__' module in 'uml2dj' "


=== Additional info ===
a) I have tried it with AlgoUML both turned on & off as well - same message
b) I have following files in my .\mysite\uml2dj\ folder (while running step.6):
a.txt
APP.zargo
APP.zargo~
uml2dj.zargo
uml2djlib.py
xmi2djadmin.xsl
xmi2djadmin_custom.xsl
xmi2djadmin_generic.xsl
xmi2djmodels.xsl
xmi2djmodels_generic.xsl
xmilib.xsl
__init__.py (which seems to be empty)

thanks a lot in advance,
Borys

What steps will reproduce the problem?
1. Create aggregation to object itself

What is the expected output? What do you see instead?

Error: One or more models did not validate:
toobackup.host: Reverse query name for field 'host' clashes with field
'Host.host'. Add a related_name argument to the definition for 'host'.


What version of the product are you using? On what operating system?

Django 1.1.1


Please provide any additional information below.

Into the file:
uml2dj/xmi2djmodels_generic.xsl

Change row 192 to:
<xsl:when test="$classid = $otherClassid">'self',
related_name='self_child'</xsl:when>

This is not really an issue. I didn't know how else to communicate with
you. But is there a Group associated with this project?

Thanks
Eric

Will there be operations (methods with body and args support) soon?


Btw, you have made good application. :)

I believe that the seventh step in the quick start up for uml2dj is not 
consistent:

7 - In the PRJ/APP folder, rename admin_custom.py into admin_custom.py and 
models.py into models.py. (you only need to do this once).

It should be

7 - In the PRJ/APP folder, rename _admin_custom.py into admin_custom.py and 
_models.py into models.py. (you only need to do this once).

Furthermore, i have to rename the files whenever i generate the code, not only 
once.

The provided instructions won't work when reverse-engineering the class model 
from source files in argouml.

I had a class model built using visual paradigm. The XMI created by VP didn't 
work with uml-to-django, so I generated java source code in VP, and reverse 
engineered it in argouml. This kida worked, but exporting the resulting xmi 
from argouml wasn't directly usable with uml-to-django.

UML-to-Django does not support class names:

- which are too long (this is due to limitation in the the size of the
columns in Django tables)

- which contains special characters such as . or / .