Help: Using the Data Table wizard

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Complete the Class Information form to define the properties in the new class.

1. Choose a name for the new class. Do not end the class name with a dash character. Choose a name that is unique system-wide.
2. Enter a description for the new class.
3. Identify an existing class as the parent class. Choose a class derived from the Data- base class .
4. Enter a name and description for each column.
5. Select a Type for the Single Value property that will be created for each column.
6. Optionally, you can enter an edit validation rule (Rule-Edit-Validate rule type) for each property, indicate that it is required (non-blank), and enter an expected display size in characters and a maximum display size is characters.
7. Select a box to identify the field that identifies a unique key for each row.
8. Click  Generate   to create the class rule, the associated property rules, and the Data Tables editor.
9. The system creates the class and properties. Click  <<Data Tables   to return to the editor.

Class Information

Class Information
Class Name	Enter the name for a new concrete class. By convention, classes used with the Data Table editor are derived by pattern inheritance from the Data- top-level class.
Description	Enter a text description of this class.
Derives From	Identify the parent class.

Properties

Properties	Define Single Value properties using this array.
Key	Select to indicate that this property defines a unique key to the class.
Name	Enter a property name. Start with a letter and use only letters, digits, and the dash character. You can't create property names that start with px, py, or pz.
Label	Enter a description of this property.
Type	Choose a Type.
Mode	Not used. All properties have mode Single Value.
Validation Class	Optional. If the allowable values of this property are defined by the key values of another class that has a single key part, identify that class here.
Exp. Size	Optional. Enter an expected width in characters for the property value.
Max Size	Optional. Enter a maximum width in characters for the property value.
Required	Click to require that this property have a non-blank value.
RuleSet	Identify the RuleSet for the class, rule property rules, and other Data Table rules.
Version	Identify the version of the RuleSet.

Notes

If you add a property (column) to a previously created data table, you must open and update the list rule (Rule-Obj-List rule type) to have the new property available to the Data Table editor.

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