This dialog appears of you select Tasks } Stock Mixture } Update Properties From DB from the main menu of the application.
From this dialog the user can select to update two different types of property data of more than one stock mixture at the same time, which reside in the User database, from the properties of the corresponding registered stock mixture. (The Designer database cannot be modified by the user)
Table column description and function:
● ‘Incl/Excl’ Column
From this column you may choose which mixtures you wish to update its properties. The grayed out cells indicate that there is no corresponding stock mixture with the same local name in the User database.
● ‘Local Name’ Column
A list of all the registered stock mixtures in the process, in alphabetical order displayed by local name.
● ‘Name’ Column
The formal name of all registered stock mixture.
● ‘Source’ Column
The original database source of the registered stock mixture, indicating also if its properties are different than that of database mixture (*).
● ‘Database’ Column
The database type that the mixture is found in. In this dialog only the ‘SuperPro (User)’ database may be available to update.
● ‘Phys. Props.’ Column
From this column the user may check to update the Physical Properties of the ‘SuperPro (User)’ database mixture from the registered mixture.
● ‘Economic Props.’ Column
From this column the user may check to update the Economic Properties of the ‘SuperPro (User)’ database mixture from the registered component.
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It is possible to check all the check boxes in the same column. This can be done by selecting the whole column (click on the header of the column) and clicking on the Check All ( |
Finally to perform the update of the selected properties and of the selected ‘SuperPro (User)’ database stock mixtures from the registered stock mixtures just click on the Update button at the bottom right corner. Once you have clicked on the Update button the user is presented with the following warning:
which explains to the user that any updating of the ‘SuperPro (User)’ database mixtures cannot be undone, hence the absence of a Cancel button on this dialog.
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The Update button is disabled if there are no mixtures checked to be updated. If a mixture is checked to be updated but none of the property types have been selected, then a message will inform the user that no property has been selected to be updated. |
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This dialog will not update any IDs data, found on the Stock Mixture Properties Dialog: IDs Tab. |
) button. To un-check all cells in the same column just select the whole column as before and click on the 
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