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Use JavaScript Editor:Clicktodisplaythe"boundaries"onpage370dialog.
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Use selected text:InsertsthetextinthecurrentdataselectionintheJavaScript
Expression.Ifmultiplelinesorelementsareselected,onlythefirstoneisused.
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Use selection:Clicktousethevalueofthecurrentdataselectionfortheextraction.
Note: Iftheselectioncontainsmultiplelines,onlythefirstlineisselected.
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Properties:Thevalueofthepropertyselectedbelowwillbethevalueoftheselectedfield.
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Property:Thisdrop-downlistsallthecurrentlydefinedproperties(includingsystem
properties).
CustompropertiescanbedefinedinthePreprocessorstep;see"Preprocessorstep"
onpage249.
Foranexplanationoftheobjectstowhichthepropertiesbelong,see"DataMapper
ScriptsAPI"onpage360.
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Choose a propertybutton:Clickthisbuttontoopenafilterdialogthatletsyoufinda
propertybasedonthefirstfewlettersthatyoutype.
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Type:Thedatatypeoftheselecteddata;see"Datatypes"onpage275.Makesurethat
thedataformatthattheDataMapperexpectsmatchestheactualformatofthedatainthe
datasource;see"DataFormat"onpage331.
Settings for location-based fields in a Text file
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Left:Definesthestartofthedataselectiontoextract,countingthenumberofcharactersfromthe
left.E.g.1means:startwiththefirstcharacterfromtheleft.
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Right:Definestheendofthedataselectiontoextract,countingthenumberofcharactersfrom
theleft.E.g.3means:stopafterthethirdcharacterfromtheleft.
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Top offset:Theverticaloffset(thenumberoflines)fromthecurrentpointerlocationintheData
Viewer).
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Height:Theheightoftheselectionbox,inthenumberoflines.Whensetto0,thisinstructsthe
DataMappertoextractalllinesstartingfromthegivenpositionuntiltheendoftherecordand
storetheminasinglefield.
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Use selection:Clicktousethevalue(Left,Right,TopoffsetandHeight)ofthecurrentdata
selection(intheDataViewer)fortheextraction.
Note: Iftheselectioncontainsmultiplelines,onlythefirstlineisextracted.
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Post Function:EnteraJavaScriptexpressiontoberunaftertheextraction.
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