Linking Components and Descriptors to Databases

If you want a Component or Descriptor defined in a Property Object to be identified with a Database item, select it in the list of the Property Object’s master window, and click the Link to Database Item button at the top of the dialog box.

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The Select Components or Select Descriptors dialog box appears. You can choose from all the relevant items in the selected database.

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As long as a Component or a Descriptor of a Property Object is linked to a Database, the item will be updated with every update of the Database.

When a selected Component or a Descriptor is already linked to a database item, the name of the linking button changes to Remove Link to Database, and the Change Link button also becomes active. You can then either break the link to a database item, or replace it with a different one.

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Object-specific items are listed in plain text, database items are listed in italic and the names of missing database items are grayed.

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