Cable properties revisited


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Bill Tejral
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In a thread called Cable Properties, Rob had responded with

1) Using "Symbol_xxxxxxxxx" Attribute in the Document
"Symbol_" attributes are added to every cable, dogleg and symbol that is added to the document.   
a) Display the Document Properties sheet (doubleclick anywhere on the document, or rightclick and select Properties) and go to the Attributes tab.
b) Create a new Attribute with the prefix "Symbol_", e.g. "Symbol_StartConnector" and click on OK
c) Draw a Cable or Dogleg - you will see that it now includes an Attribute called "StartConnector"

You could add this attribute to the Document template (found in the Templates directory under the main Stardraw program installation directory) to cause the same effect in every document based on that template.

I have tried #1, the new attributes show up while drawing and the results are visible in the reports section of the drawing. I do not see the results when using tools/ reports.

#2, The attribute do not show up in the drawing.

I am also trying to get a connector list.

Thanks, Bill


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Rob Robinson
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OK, the problem was that you had not created named ranges in the Excel template to suck out the required attributes.  A title in the column is not enough; you need to use the Name Box or select Insert | Name | Define to name the cell or range of cells.  In the attached, you'll see that cell C3 is named "Detail_StartConnector" - this tells the cell to get the StartConnector attribute value for each object that is being reported on.  Similarly cell K3 is named "Detail_EndConnector", and the range "Detail_Data", which defines the entirety of the area into which attribute values will be inserted, has been extended to A3:K4 to include the EndConnector column.
 


Kind regards,
Rob Robinson
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