How to display linked object custom attributes in a column

Answer

There are two methods that can be used to achieve this:

• Run analysis on a specific module and select the desired attributes
  This is the simplest technique, but only works for one module
  
• Run analysis on all modules for a standard system attribute, for example object text
  then modify the layout DXL column to replace the attribute with the custom attribute
  This technique can be used for more than one linked module
  
  Here are the steps:

1. Run the Wizard from the Analysis menu to create a column that displays the desired number of attributes


2. Select as many attributes as required.
For example if two attribute are needed choose object heading and object text.


3. Choose the option: One attribute per line (on the forth step of the wizard)



4. Click Finish to insert the column into the module



5. Right click the heading of the layout dxl column just created



6. Select Properties...



7. Click Browse in the Edit column Window with the Layout DXL radio button selected



8. Click Current to load the DXL previously generated by the Analysis wizard
in the browse DXL window



9. Scroll to the bottom section where the attribute names are displayed.
There are a number of lines that contain the standard attributes that look like this:

if (depth == 1) {
           s = probeRichAttr_(othero,"Object Heading", false)
           if (s == "")
           displayRich("\\pard " " ")
           else            displayRich("\\pard " s)

           s = probeRichAttr_(othero,"Object Text", false)
           if (s == "")
           displayRich("\\pard " " ")
           else
           displayRich("\\pard " s)
       }



10. Change the name of an attribute inside the quotes to the name of the custom attribute

11. Repeat step 10 until you have replaced each standard attribute name with the custom attribute name required


12. Click Check to validate there are no errors


13. Click OK to close the edit layout DXL window


14. Click OK to close the edit column window


15. Save the view before exiting the module