Version 6.3.8 for Windows
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Scan

This functions is used to scan for objects in Natural work files.

The following restrictions apply to the scan function:

Start of instruction set To invoke the scan function

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Scan in Advanced User Mode

For information on the table columns and cells that appear in the boxes generated by the scan function, refer to the section Object Specification.

Start of instruction set To scan objects in advanced-user mode

  1. From the Actions menu, choose Scan Work File for.

    A window appears where you can select one object type or select all object types:

  2. Choose the OK command button.

  3. Depending on the object type selected, one or more additional windows appear where you can specify selection criteria and option and parameter settings:

  4. After you have made all object specifications and specified the settings, choose the Scan command button to execute the function.

    The scan window appears with a table of all objects that meet the selection criteria specified and that are contained in the work file.

    For information on the table columns, refer to the section Object Specification.

    For the options provided in the scan window, see Table Functions below.

  5. To terminate the scan function:

    From the Object menu, choose Close.

    Or:
    Choose the standard Windows close button.

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Table Functions

The following functions are available in the object selection table of the scan window:

Function Explanation/Instruction
Details

Shows further table columns.

From the Options menu, choose the Details button so that you can scroll to list further table columns with more information on the objects found.

Unload

Unloads objects.

This function can only be applied, if the unload function of the Object Handler has been activated (see also Advanced User Unload in the section Advanced User).

Select one or more objects and, from the context or Object menu, choose Unload.

Load

Loads objects.

This function can only be applied, if the load function of the Object Handler has been activated (see also Advanced User Load in the section Advanced User).

Select one or more objects and, from the context or Object menu, choose Load.

Save Into

Saves a list of selected objects as Workplan of the type LIST.

Select one or more objects and, from the context or Object menu, choose Save Into.

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