Variable display features

Bold and italic fonts are used to draw your attention to variables with values that have been modified in the Attributes dialog box.

• Bold: An attribute (variable) turns bold to indicate that it differs from the initial catalog value.  
  
  
  
  A User Variables category gets added to the list to provide quick access to all attributes (variables) that have been modified in the Attributes dialog box.
  
  
  
  Changing one attribute may cause related attributes of the component to be modified. For example, changing the width causes a change to the Description, Floor Plan description, and User code variables. All variables affected by a modification also appear in bold and they get added to the User Variables category.
  
  

• Italic: The italic font identifies attributes that have been redefined for internal calculation purposes. These intermediate values are usually dependent on the value of an attribute (variable) defined at a higher level of the item hierarchy.
  
  

Color borders are used to give you immediate feedback when the value that you specify for an attribute (variable) is unacceptable:

• Orange: although the variable is within the range of acceptable values, it is not valid. A warning message appears and the variable is rounded to the nearest acceptable value.
  
  Example: Acceptable width range = 12 – 48 by 2-inch increments
  
  If you enter 47, an orange border appears around the attribute cell.
  
  

• Red: the variable is not acceptable. A warning message appears and the variable is reset  to the last valid value.
  
  Example: You type a letter instead of a number.
  
  

You may display/hide the value or expression for the current variable, that is, when a calculation is used to generate the value for the variable. You may also display the short or the long description of the caption string (default, most explicit).