Edit Window Header and Footer Formatting Keywords

Following is a list of the available formatting keywords and their functions. You can insert these keywords into the .dat files to have them displayed in a header or footer in the Edit window.

The keywords are case sensitive.

#DATE
Inserts the current date.

#TIME
Inserts the current time.

#PAGE
Inserts the current page number. This is ideal for use in the HEADER.DAT file.

#TRn
Inserts both the name and the value of tracefield n, where n is the tracefield number.

#PARTN
Inserts the measurement routine name.

#DRWN
Inserts the revision number.

#SERIALN
Inserts the serial number.

#SEQUENCE
Inserts the sequence number.

#SHRINK
Inserts the scale factor.

#NMEAS
Inserts the total number of dimensions.

#NOUT
Inserts the total number of dimensions that are out of tolerance.

#ELAPSTIM
Inserts the time elapsed between start and end of execution. This is ideal for use in the FOOTER.DAT file.

#BMP=<path>
Inserts a bitmap where <path> represents the full path pointing to the bitmap file (for example, D:\Files\Bmp\Pcdhead.bmp).

For information on how to modify your report's headers or footers with .DAT files, see "Using .DAT Files in Generated Reports".

For information on how to use templates and rules to modify your report, see "Modifying the Report's Header".