How to make a depending relation between a class and a component in Enterprise Architect

Question

I'm updating the existing documentation of a project I've done. In short, I have to add a new library to communicate the application with a new hardware the client wants to use. So far so good.

So in EA I went to the existing diagram and added a new component. I have a class that acts as controller for the actions this new hardware is going to do, so in the new implementation of the system, this class depends on the new component.

I tried to create a new dependency relationship between them, but when I release the mouse, a popup appears telling me that the connector used between origin and destination elements is not permitted. It prompts me with valid relationships between a class and a component. In that list I can see the dependency relationship, which is the one I'm trying to set up.

This is the popup:

Any ideas of what am I doing wrong?

Thank you in advance.

Answer 1

To me, it looks like some other Model validation is in place. What MDG Technologies do you have enabled? Which Toolbox / diagram are you using. Go to Settings -> MDG Technologies and try to unselect the ones that are not standard with EA and try again, it must work.

PS - Works fine for me.