Data Transformation Engine Type Designer Reference Guide

Contents
Chapter 10 - Type Inheritance
Type Inheritance........................................................................................... 174
Inheritance of Item Properties and Restrictions ..................................................... 174
Inheritance of Group Properties and Components................................................... 176
Inheritance of Category Properties and Components ............................................... 177
Organizing Types Under a Category ................................................................178
Using Categories for Inheritance....................................................................178
When Not to Use Categories.........................................................................179
Propagating Properties ................................................................................... 179
Properties That Can Be Propagated ................................................................179
Propagating Affects Types in the Sub-tree........................................................180
Chapter 11 - Managing Types
Standard Windows Capabilities ......................................................................... 181
Object Selection.......................................................................................181
Drag-and-Drop Procedures...........................................................................181
Deletion .................................................................................................181
Cut, Copy, and Paste..................................................................................182
Moving and Copying Objects............................................................................. 182
Using the Move Command............................................................................182
Using the Copy Command ............................................................................183
Type Names.............................................................................................183
Reordering Objects........................................................................................ 186
Reordering Existing Subtypes........................................................................186
Merging Types .............................................................................................. 187
Before Using the Merge Command..................................................................187
Supertypes ..............................................................................................189
Existing Types ..........................................................................................189
Invalid Types ...........................................................................................189
Renaming Types............................................................................................ 189
Using Find and Replace................................................................................... 190
Using the Find Command.............................................................................190
Using the Replace Command ........................................................................191
Printing in the Type Designer............................................................................ 191
Print Preview Features ...............................................................................192
Printing Type Definitions.............................................................................192
Printing Type Properties .............................................................................193
Chapter 12 - Error Detection and Recovery
Error Detection............................................................................................. 194
How Error Detection Works ..........................................................................194
Existence Indicators...................................................................................195
Existence Versus Presence of Components........................................................196
Error Recovery ............................................................................................. 198
Restart Attribute.......................................................................................198
How the Restart Attribute Works...................................................................199
Mapping Invalid Data..................................................................................202
Chapter 13 - Distinguishable Objects
Objects in a Data Stream................................................................................. 203
Type Tree Analyzer and Distinguishable Objects .................................................... 203