About Editing Parameters

When you are working with the Name/Value format, you can edit the parameters using the Exchanger Wizard.

If the file is open for writing, you can make the parameter a read or write parameter. You can click in the Op column to toggle through the sequence Write, Read, and No Operation.

You can change all the listed parameters by clicking Read All or Write All. Alternatively, you can click Clear All to remove your selections.

If you leave the Op column empty, no parameters are created and no data are written. Isight ignores the name/value item. You can edit the parameter later using the Data Exchanger Component Editor.

You can edit the following parameter information, as desired:

  • Name. Change the name of the parameter, if desired. Changing the name of a parameter does not change the name of the name/value field to which it will be written.

  • Value. Change the initial value of the parameter, if desired.

  • Mode. Change the mode, if desired. The mode determines if the parameter is an Input, Output, In/Out, or Local parameter.

  • Type. Change the type, if desired. The available types are string, integer, Boolean, and real. The Exchanger Wizard guesses at the data type based on the data in the template or sample file. This is sometimes incorrect because if the sample file contains a number without a fractional part, the Exchanger Wizard guesses it is an integer, when maybe it should be a real parameter.

If the value is not a single number or word, the Exchanger Wizard assumes it is text data and selects the string data type. Often such entries actually contain a number followed by a comment or a vector of numbers. Such items can be handled by adjusting the delimiters or creating a General Text or Vector section on top of the value. However, you will need to clear the name/value item by clicking in the Op column until it is empty. You can edit the parameter later using the Data Exchanger Component Editor.

By default, all parameters except file parameters appear in the Parameters table. You can change the parameters that appear by clicking Filter at the bottom of the Parameters table.

For additional information on editing parameter information, see Editing Parameters in the Isight User’s Guide.