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Procedure 3:
Define or Modify the Display Specification
You define or
modify a display specification
inside a formatting configuration file.
It, along with its accompanying rule specification(s),
comprise the actual format definition.
Creating
a New Display Specification
Follow these steps
to define a new display specification:
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1. Open
the desired formatting configuration file using your text editor.
Example:
# MyFormats.ini
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2. Scroll
down to the desired area in the formatting configuration file where
you want to define your new display specification.
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3. Within
square brackets, type the desired name of the new display specification.
Example:
[briefest]
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4. Optionally,
type characterset= and its value.
Example:
characterset=ASCII
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ASCII
is the default value for the characterset parameter. If
you do not declare the parameter in your display specification,
WebZ assumes it and its default value
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5. Optionally,
type doHtmlDiacritics=
and either true or false as its value.
Example:
doHtmlDiacritics=true
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True
is the default value for the doHtmlDiacritics parameter.
If you do not declare a value for it, WebZ assumes it and
its default value.
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6. Type rule*=
and a value equal to the name of a rule specification for an element
in the display.
Example:
rule* = bookmarkFromBriefbfst
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7. Repeat Step
6 for as many elements as you wish to define for the display.
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rule*
= recordnumberbfst
rule* = dataLabelbfst
rule* = brieftitlebfst
rule* = updateCurrecnobfst
rule* = dataTrailerbfst
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Modifying a Display Specification
Perform the following
steps to modify an existing format definition.
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1. Open
the desired formatting configuration file using your text editor.
Example:
# MyFormats.ini
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2.
Scroll down in the formatting configuration file to the display
specification that you want to modify. Using your text editor, insert,
change or delete the desired text.
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Ensure
that you make any necessary changes to accompanying rule specifications
before saving and exiting the formatting configuration file.
(See the procedure, Define
or Modify the Rule Spcecification.)
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See Also
Formatting
Your Display
Design the Format
Locate the Affected Display Formatting Configuration
Files
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