Dimensional Measuring Interface
Standard
Standard Improvement Request
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SIR No. 97-41 DMIS Release 3.0 SIR Type Enhancement Severity Prevents Programming Status Resolved Date Submitted July 27 1997 Date Validated July 27 1997 Date In Process Date Referred Date Vote Pending Date Closed April 12 1998 Action Significant Changes Submitted By Dietmar May Object Workshops, Inc. PO Box 597 Whytheville VA 24382 USA Phone: (540)223-1145 Fax: (540)223-1241 dcmay@object-workshops.com |
Problem Topic
TEXT/QUERY: Question on usage.
Problem Description
The only standard way to prompt the operator for input to a variable is using
INPUT/, but this lacks several of the features which TEXT/QUERY has.
It would be desirable to modify TEXT/QUERY to allow operator prompting to fill in different types of variables.
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Suggested Resolution
Add an optional parameter to TEXT/QUERY called ,UPDATE. This would indicate
that the ~(label)~ is an identifier for a DECL/ variable or QIS symbol. This symbol
would be updated with the results of operator prompting.
The syntax becomes:
var_1 can ...
or:QUERY,(label),length,var_2,var_3,var_5
var_5 can be: ,UPDATE
or: does not exist
(label) is an alphanumeric label of up to 10 characters in length.
If UPDATE is specified, this label signifies either a CHAR, INTGR, LONG, REAL, or DOUBLE variable declared using DECL/, or any of the QIS variables described in section 11.2. If var_2 is ~N~, the type of (label) will determine whether a decimal value is accepted. If var_2 is ~N~ and (label) specifies a CHAR variable or a QIS variable, the numeric value obtained from the operator will be converted to a text string. If var_2 is ~A~ or ~AN~, (label) must specify a CHAR variable or a QIS variable. If (label) is of CHAR type, ~length~ must be no greater than ~n~ specified in the DECL/CHAR,n declaration for (label).
Whether UPDATE is specified or not, the response will be output into the output file.
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Resolution
Warning!!
The following statement is only a resolution to a Standard Improvement Request (SIR) and is NOT part of the current DMIS standard, nor is it guaranteed to become part of the next revision of the DMIS standard even if voted and accepted by the DMIS National Standards Committee. This resolution is tentative because it may not be incorporated into the next version of the standard, it could be changed prior to the next release, or it could be changed as the result of the "public review and comment" period required for the next version of the standard. If you choose to use this tentative resolution, you do so at your own risk since at this time it is not part of the DMIS standard.
Resolves SIRs 97-41, 97-81, 97-92, 98-20
Function: To prompt the DME operator for a value to be assigned to a high level variable.
Input Format: varnam=PROMPT/’text’ var_1
Output Format: None
Where:
varnam is the name of the previously declared high level variable or array element to which the value is assigned or is a QIS label.
‘text’ is the text string consisting of printable ASCII characters, and must be started and terminated with an apostrophe.
$ signifies that the text extends to the following line.
Note: Use two apostrophes, one before the one required, when an apostrophe is required within a text string.
var_1 can be: ,maxval var_2
or: does not exist
var_2 can be: ,minval
or: does not exist
maxval is the maximum string length if varname is CHAR, or maximum limit if varname is LONG, REAL, DOUBLE or INTGR.
minval is the minimum limit if varname is LONG, REAL, DOUBLE or INTGR.
Examples:
DECL/DOUBLE,dHoleDia
dHoleDia=PROMPT/’Hole diameter ? ’ accept any numeric value
dHoleDia=PROMPT/’Hole diameter ? ’,100 limit input to less than 100
dHoleDia=PROMPT/’Hole diameter ? ’,100,5 limit to range 5-100
DECL/CHAR,cName,40
cName=PROMPT/’Operator name ? ’ accept input up to 40 alphanumeric chars
cName=PROMPT/’Operator name ? ’,20 accept input up to 20 alphanumeric chars
OP(label)=PROMPT/’Enter your employee number: ’
PN(label)=PROMPT/’Enter part identification: ’
PS(label)=PROMPT/’Enter part serial number: ’
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