Preventing unresolved references

When you delete an element that has references in read‑only files, those references cannot be updated accordingly on the disk because the files are read-only files. These references become unresolved when the model is reloaded. In order to resolve this situation, read‑only files that contain references to elements that you are deleting is made writable before you perform the delete operation.

About this task

IBM® Rational® Rhapsody® automatically opens the References in Read‑Only Files Encountered window when it detects that an attempt to delete an element might cause unresolved references. When you delete an element (for example, through the Rational Rhapsody browser or a graphic editor) that has references in read-only files, the References in Read‑Only Files Encountered window opens with a list of read-only files that contains references to the deleted element.

The following options are available to you on this window:


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