Usage and Auto Naming File Selection

To select an auto naming file, the user needs to open the auto naming form. There are two ways to do this as follows:

• Click the right hand mouse button over the auto naming button to access the following item and then click with the left mouse button to reveal the form.

  

  or¼

• Select the Settings then MDS AutoNaming menu item and the MDS AutoNaming File form is displayed.

  

The form allows the user to select a different Auto Naming file for the session or to set a different Auto Naming file, stored against the Default Zone, by pressing the Set AutoNaming File to Default Zone button. The Auto Naming file is stored in a uda named :MDSAutofile at the Zone level.

The default file uses the concept of a prefix, index, and suffix value. An example of the contents of the file is shown here:

# MDS Support Naming File

# Description: Default naming file

#

# The support name will be made up from the following parts

# Prefix

# Index

# Suffix

#

# These values may be expressions which will be evaluated before they are used.

# Last will be the last index used

Prefix \ ( substring (namn of zone,1,9))

Index \ 1001

Suffix \ ( substring (namn of zone,10,1))

IWidth \5

MinIndex \1000

MaxIndex\1999

The Administrator may change these values or create another file with the DES-SUPP-NAMES prefix.

The default file can also use an index that starts at a value named MinIndex and up to a value called MaxIndex. This allows the user to have a predefined range of support numbers. Another value stored in this file is called the IWidth. This allows a predefined format for the support number that means, when IWidth is set to 5 the support number contains 5 numbers for example, PS01234.