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Use JavaScript Editor: Click to display the Script Editor dialog.
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Use selected text: Inserts the text in the current data selection in the
JavaScript Expression. If multiple lines or elements are selected, only the first
one is used.
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Use selection: Click to use the value of the current data selection for the
extraction.
Note
If the selection contains multiple lines, only the first line is selected.
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Properties: The value of the property selected below will be the value of the
selected field.
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Property: This drop-down lists all the currently defined properties (including
system properties).
Custom properties can be defined in the Preprocessor step; see
"Preprocessor step" on page258.
For an explanation of the objects to which the properties belong, see
"DataMapper Scripts API" on page378.
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Choose a property button: Click this button to open a filter dialog that lets you
find a property based on the first few letters that you type.
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Type: The data type of the selected data; see "Data types" on page288. Make sure that
the data format that the DataMapper expects matches the actual format of the data in the
data source; see "Data Format" on page349.
Settings for location-based fields in a Text file
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Left: Defines the start of the data selection to extract.
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Right: Defines the end of the data selection to extract.
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Top offset: The vertical offset from the current pointer location in the Data Viewer).
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Height: The height of the selection box. When set to 0, this instructs the DataMapper to
extract all lines starting from the given position until the end of the record and store them
in a single field.
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