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6-3-4 Option button features for setting attribute-formulas

This section describes the features of option buttons provided in the Add attribute formula dialog.

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"Attribute-formula setting" dialog

Set attribute functions

The attribute functions that can be used in attribute-formulas are classified according to the intended use.

Reference

For details of available function types and individual functions, see "6-4 Attribute functions".

  1. Click the Attribute function button.

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    Click the "Attribute function" button

  2. Select the function name to use, and then click the Add to formula-text button or double-click the function name.

    The function formula is entered in the setting column.

    Reference

    Functions are grouped according to their purpose. When you select a function type, only specific functions can be displayed.

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    Only attribute functions of a specific type can be displayed

Setting edit functions

In attribute-formulas, you can use edit functions common to calculation-formulas and edit-formulas.

The edit functions that can be used in attribute-formulas are classified according to the intended use.

Reference

"Statistical functions" and "conditional functions" cannot be used in edit functions in Attribute-formula.

For details of available function types and individual functions, see "5-4 Design functions".

  1. Click the Edit function button.

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    Display the list of edit functions

  2. Select the function name to use, and then click the Add to formula-text button or double-click the function name.

    The function formula is entered in the setting column.

    Reference

    Functions are grouped according to their purpose. When you select a function category, only the functions specific to that category will appear.

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    Only edit functions of a specific type can be displayed

Set global variables

In attribute-formulas, you can use global variables common to calculation-formulas and edit-formulas.

When you click the Set global variable button, the Global variable dialog is displayed, and you can set initial values of global variables.

For details of global variables, see "5-4-10 Global variables".

Reference global variables

Global variables added in Set global variable are available from the Reference global variable button.

  1. Click the Reference global variable button.

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    Click the "Reference global variable" button

  2. A list of the global variables that have been set appears.

    On the list, select the global variable to use, and then click the Add to formula-text button or double-click the global variable.

    The global variable is entered in the setting field.

Reference system variables

In attribute-formulas, you can use system variables common to edit-formulas.

  1. Click the Reference system variable button.

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    Click the "Reference system variable" button

  2. Select the system variable to use, and then click the Add to formula-text button or double-click the system variable.

    The system variable is entered in the setting column.

    Restriction

    When the mode of the VrSetForm function is 1, attribute-formulas including the following system variables are disabled:

    • _PREV_P

    • _NEXT_P

    • _PAGE_GROUP_COUNT

    • _TOTAL_PAGE_COUNT

    • _TOTAL_PAGE_CNT

Reference

System variables are grouped according to their purpose. When you select the category, only specific system variables can be displayed.

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Only system variables of a specific type can be displayed

Reference items

When you wish to enter an item name to be referred to in an attribute formula, use the item list.

When you click the Reference item button, the list of the items placed on the Form Editor is displayed.

  1. Click the Reference item button.

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    Click the "Reference item" button

  2. Click the selection list under the item list and select the type of the item.

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    Select the type of the item

  3. Items of the selected type appear.

    Select the item name to use from the list, and then click Add to formula-text button or double-click the item name.

    The item name is entered in the setting field.

Display descriptions

Display descriptions of the functions on the Add attribute formula dialog and system variables. You can display the descriptions while displaying the attribute function list, edit function list or system variable list.

This section describes how to display the descriptions of attribute functions.

Caution

The descriptions of functions appear only when the Display language setting in the user profile settings is Japanese. For the user profile settings, see "2-2 Set user profile".

  1. Click the 属性関数 (Attribute function) button and select the target function.

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    Select the target function from the list

  2. Click the swd92_icon_open_out.png button on the right of the dialog to display the description of the function.

    The descriptions change when you select another function while the window is open.

    To close the window, click the swd92_icon_close_out.png button.

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    Display the description of a function

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