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To create a leading shadow

Steps

1

If there is no application diagram yet, from the menu bar, select File>New>Project. In the New Project dialog box, select the Distributed System Solutions from the Project Types list. Under Visual Studio installed templates, choose the Distributed System template. Press the OK button at the bottom of the dialog.

2

From the Application Diagram toolbox, select an application from the list of applications and drag it onto the application diagram.

3

Double click on the application name (shown in bold) and name the application with the word "Shadow" as a prefix. This indicates that the application will be a leading shadow.

4

Add a new or modify an existing endpoint, defining the way that the application will interact with other applications.

5

Right click on the shadow application and bring up the context menu. Select Design Application System to create a System Diagram for the application. Choose an appropriate system or subsystem name and click on the OK button of the Design System Application dialog.

6

Select each endpoint and right click on it to bring up the context menu. Select Add Proxy Endpoint to create a proxy endpoint in the system diagram.

7

On the tab in the top left corner of the system diagram, right click to bring up the context menu. Save the diagram.

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