Select the object types that should be shown in a Catalog. Furthermore, you can choose to show or hide system objects in a Catalog, show or hide objects that are part of an object collection from a directory Catalog, and you can specify which external file formats you would like to see in a Catalog.
The Customize Catalog sheet appears:
- when in the Main window, you choose the Customize Catalog command from the View menu,
- when you click the Customize Catalog button
in the standard toolbar of the Main window,
- when you click the right mouse button in the white space of a Catalog and choose the Customize Catalog command from the context-sensitive menu.
The Object Selection page is the default page of this sheet.
Tips:
- To specify visible objects in a Catalog, you can also use the object selection toolbar in the Main window.
- To select groups of objects, you can also use the Show command on the View menu.
Page options:
Object types:
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Select the type(s) of objects to be shown in this Catalog. Use the scroll bar in this list box to see more ILWIS object types. For more information on how to select a number of object types, see below.
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Include system objects:
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Select this check box if you wish system objects to be shown in this Catalog. Clear this check box if you wish to hide system objects.
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Hide objects which are member of an object collection:
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Select this checkbox when objects that are part of an object collection should not be visible in a normal directory Catalog; these objects will only be shown when you open the object collection.
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External file extensions:
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Specify one or more file extensions of non-ILWIS files that you wish to show in a Catalog.
Multiple file extensions can be specified as dbf;tif;mdb or as .dbf;.tif;.mdb Mind: It is not allowed to use any spaces.
- Databases that consist of a file (such as dBase or Access) and contain one or more tables, can also be 'opened' (in a Use As manner) by double-clicking the file in the Catalog. In the background, an object definition file for a database collection will be created, while the original external data file remains on disk.
- Table data can also be imported using the Import Table wizard.
For more information on import, see How to import data.
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Mind:
- Settings on visible object types, sorting/ordering method and queries on objects are either applied to all new Catalogs that will be opened, or to the currently active Catalog only. This depends on whether you click the Use current settings for new Catalogs button or the Use default settings for new Catalogs button on the Customize Catalog, Details View page.
- Only those objects will be shown which match the selected object types and a used query.
Selecting multiple object types
To select two or more items in sequence:
- click the first object type you want to select,
- keep the left mouse button down, and
- move the mouse pointer to the last object type you want to select,
- then release the left mouse button;
or
- click the first object type you want to select,
- press and hold down the Shift key while you click the last object type of the group.
To select two or more items out of sequence:
- press and hold down the Ctrl key while you click each object type.
To cancel a selected object type:
- press and hold down the Ctrl key while you click a selected object type.
See also:
Main window : Object Selection toolbar
Main window : Catalog