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5. If necessary, step through the sample data file to verify the data selection is accurate for the record sets
in the sample data file.
To create a Custom data selection with an XML emulation:
1. Open the properties dialog box for the object for which you want to create a data selection.
2. In the properties dialog box, click Data.
3. Select Custom data selection.
4. Create the Custom data selection using PlanetPress Talk. You can enter the selection on a single line, or
divide it over several lines, depending on the selection you are trying to create and how you define it. If
you create a complex data selection, breaking it up over several lines can make it more readable. When
you break a selection over several lines, for each line, you determine whether to terminate it with a
carriage return followed by a line feed (CRLF).
Enter a single line
You enter a single line of a Custom data selection as follows. Note that both the String to display lines
and the CRLF lines accept PlanetPress Talk expressions.
▪ On a line in the String to display column, enter the data selection. If the selection you create
extends over more than one field, only the first field selected appears in the Custom data
selection.
▪ If necessary, click in the CRLF column, and indicate whether you want to include a CRLF at the
end of this line.
▪ If your data selection extends beyond this line, press ENTER to advance to the next line.
Navigate, Insert, delete or reposition lines
▪ To navigate within the Custom data selection: Use either the mouse or the ARROW keys.
▪ To insert a line: Position the cursor on the line that precedes the position at which you want to
insert the new line, and either press ENTER or right-click and choose Custom Data Selection
CRLF.
▪ To delete a line: Highlight the contents of the line and press BACKSPACE twice.
▪ To reposition a line: Click the line you want to reposition and use the arrow buttons on the right
of the Custom data selection area to move the line up or down in the String to display lines.
5. Click OK.
6. If necessary, step through the sample data file to verify the data selection is accurate for the record sets
in the sample data file.
Related topics:
• Emulation (Page 70)
• Data Selection (Page 103)
• Data Selection Objects (Page 104)
• Data Selector (Page 73)
• Add a Data Selection Object (Page 105)
• Create Data Selections within Objects (Page 108)
• Create Data Selections in Database Emulation (Page 109)
• Use the Data Selector to Create a Data Selection (Page 111)
• Edit a Data Selection (Page 113)
9.2.6 Use the Data Selector to Create a Data Selection
To create a data selection using the Data Selector for all emulations except database and XML:
1. If useful, adjust Show selected cells and Show used cells.
2. In the Data Selector, use any of the following to create the data selection. Note that the data selection
you create appears in blue, and the selection coordinates appear in the Line and Column boxes.
Line and Column Boxes
Enter the range values using the Line and Column boxes.
Mouse
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