Access Data in Catalogue Datasets

Data in a Catalogue Dataset is obtained by a two-part codeword of the general form:

#attribute^qualifier

For example:

#PROPERTY^WIDTH obtain Property value of WIDTH dataset entry

#PRTITLE^WIDTH obtain Property Title of WIDTH dataset entry

The Property Default (PRDEFAULT) and Property Purpose (PRPURPOSE) settings can be obtained in a similar manner. In each case the first part of the codeword (for example, PROPERTY) can be abbreviated to four characters.

PROPERTY values are evaluated as distances or bores if the PTYPE attribute of the relevant DDTA (or DDAT) element is set to DIST or BORE respectively.