## Editing Data Fields

Edit Data Field wizard

The Edit Data Field wizard is an external program that works with PC-DMIS to let you change data inside specified data fields of certain command types inside the Edit window. To access this wizard, select the DataFieldEdit icon from the Wizards toolbar.

This wizard differs from the Replace dialog box. It allows you to change data items globally inside any mode of the Edit window, whereas the Replace dialog box only works inside of Command mode. Additionally, this will allow you to replace certain values that you cannot change using the Replace dialog box.

The Edit Data Field dialog box contains these items:

Choose Command Type – This list displays the available command types.

Choose Data Type – This list displays the data types for the selected command type. If you want to see all data types in this list, select All Command Types, from the Choose Command Type list.

Type Index – This box lets you specify an exact field you want to change by its numerical index. You will find this useful when you have more than one field of the same data type and you want to change only one of the fields. Typing an index value lets you determine which one to change. For example, the CLEARP command has two distance fields, one for the clearance distance and one for the pass distance. Typing an index of 1 would target the clearance distance while a value of 2 would target the pass distance.

Change From – This area contains the Use check box and a box that holds a value. This check box lets you specify a value you want to change from. This means that PC-DMIS will only target those fields that have the given value.

Change To – This box lets you determine the new value for the data field you want to update.

Verify Each Change – If you select this check box, PC-DMIS will display a message box showing the ID of the item to change, its current value, and whether or not you want to change that data field to the new value.

Change – This button begins the process of finding the data field and changing it to the new value.

Status – The box at the bottom of the dialog box displays any status or diagnostic messages during the change process.