Setting Up Custom Codes and Item Settings

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Setting Up Custom Codes and Item Settings

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This section will show how to:

Define Custom Codes

Define Item Settings

Step 1: Open the Code Definition Window

To open the Code Definition windw, select Code definition… on the View menu of MassTrack window.

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The Code Definition window contains a tree-view on the left side, and a table on the right side. It allows the user to define his own fields in MassTrack.

Step 2: Define an Editbox Custom Code

To create a code, select the cell in the column “CodeType” of the table. The cell will become activated and editable. A new row automatically will be added, and the cell will turn into a combo box (editable dropdown list). Next, activate the dropdown of the combo box and select the ID of the custom code you want to make e.g. C01.

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Next, fill in the following fields:

 

Field                      Value                                Description                                                      

Title                      Drawing no.                      Title will show above field in Item dlg.

Description           Drawing number          Information only, no effect

FieldSize                20                                      Number of characters allowed in field

Calculate              (leave empty)                    Formula for calculated codes (Leave empty)

Align                      Right                                Alignment of value in Item dlg.

Format                (leave empty)              Formatting of calculated fields (Leave empty)

FieldType              EditBox                            Specify a standard editable field

 

To finish the registration of code C01, click with the mouse on the empty line in the table. You can make sure that the code has been registered by checking that it is added to the tree left of the grid. Click the minus/plus sign to (un)expand the tree. The FieldType in this case is EditBox. This means that the custom code field will be an editable box where the user may type in freely.

The other Fieldtypes are:

ListBox – the user must select value for the field from a dropdown list of predefined values

ComboBox – the user may select value for the field from a dropdown list of predefined values or type in freely

ReadOnly – the value cannot be changed by the user

 

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Step 3: Define a Listbox Custom Code

In the same way, add the code C02 with the following values:

Field                         Value                                                                          

Title                        Weight Status

Description                Weight Status Code

FieldSize                        20

Calculate                      (leave empty)

Align                        Left

Format                        (leave empty)

FieldType                ListBox

 

Next, we will add code values to the Weight Status code. In the tree-view, select code ‘C02 – Weight Status’. An empty table for adding code values will appear on the right side of the tree-view.

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Select the row of the table and fill in these values:

 

Field                                    Value                                                                          

CodeID                                E

Description                          Estimated

Factor                                  1.1

 

Leave the rest of the fields empty, and click on the next row in the table. Enter two more code values:

 

Field                                    Value                                                                          

CodeID                                C

Description                          Calculated

Factor                                  1.05

 

Field                                Value                                                                          

CodeID                                W

Description                          Weighed

Factor                                  1.02

 

Finish registering the code value by clicking the last row in the table with the mouse.

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Step 4: Define a Calculated Custom Code

Next, click the topmost asterisk in the tree-view to display the Code Definition table. Add code C03 with the following values:

 

Field                                  Value                                                                          

CodeType                          C03

Title                                  Weight with Margin

Description                  Weight multiplied with margin based on Weight Status code

FieldSize                            20

Calculate                      [Weight]*[C02].[Factor]

Align                                  Right

Format                          %.3f

FieldType                      ReadOnly

 

Click the empty row of the table to finish off the registration of C03.

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Hit F1 button to bring up the Help file for Code definition window:

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In the Help file, select the Calculated Codes to find all the options to use for the calculated fields and how to set the calculations:

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Finally, close the Code Definition window.

Step 5: Check the Added Codes in the Item Window

Open the Items window, in MassTrack main window select Items and choose List Items -> All…

Alternatively, press the ‘Item level’ button on the toolbar: clip0086

The Items window now opens in default mode. In the Items view, it can be noticed all of the added codes:

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The Code Definition window can be reopened anytime from Items window, View menu -> Code Definition.

Step 6: Open the Item Setting Window

In the Item Settings window the user will have the possibility to take these codes and move them to different positions of the Items view, and learn how to generalize and customize this view.

In the Items window, select Item settings… in the Setting menu to display the Item setting window. Alternatively, press the Item setting… button on the toolbar. The Item setting window controls the layout of the Item window.

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Step 7: Create A New Setting

After the Item Setting window pops up, to start creating a new setting, press the New Setting button. This will generate the starting point for the new setting.

In the tree-view on the left side, click the plus sign next to the asterisk to expand the tree. A setting named ‘New setting’ has been created. Your window should then look like this:

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Step 8: Define the Settings

Make sure the topmost asterisk is selected in the tree. Click the ‘New setting’ cell in the SettingID column of the table. Change the Setting ID from ‘New setting’ to e.g. ‘Default Setting’:

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Next, expand the tree further by clicking the plus sign in front of ‘Default Setting’, ‘Single view’, ‘Weight & CoG’ and ‘Codes’. Select ‘C02’ in the ‘Codes’ branch of the tree:

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Using the mouse, drag ‘C02’ from the ‘Codes’ group and drop it on Weight in the ‘Weight & CoG’ group. C02 will now be placed directly after the Weight field in the Single Record area of the Item window:

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Now go to Table view.

 

Expand the ‘Table View’ branch by clicking the plus sign in front of it, and then the ‘Weight & CoG’ branch. Select ‘TCG_min’ with the mouse. Drag and drop it in the ‘Hidden’ group. Repeat this for TCG_max.

The TCG_min and TCG_max fields will now be hidden in the Table View area of the Item window.

 

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Step 9: Active the New Setting in the Item Window

To activate the new setting ‘Default Setting’, close the Item Setting window, and then select ‘Default Setting’ from the ‘Setting’ dropdown list on the toolbar:

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Now, the Item window should look like this:

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Based on the changes made in the Item Settings window, now it can be noticed that C02 code (Weight Status), is located in the Single View: Weight & CoG:

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Step 10: Make a Change to the Item Setting by Editing It

To change the width of items in the Single View, open the Item Settings window, go to Single view, then Codes, and click on C01-Drawing no.

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Now change the standard C01 code Width from 100 to 300:

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The result will be:

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As long as the Item Setting ‘Default Setting’ is selected in the drop list, any changes that the user will do to the ‘Item Setting’ window will automatically be applied to the ‘Items’ window.