Main window

Customize Catalog

Object Selection

Details View

Query

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:

 

The Object Selection page is the default page of this sheet.

Tips:

Page options:

Object types:

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.

Include system objects:

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.

Hide objects which are member of an object collection:

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.

External file extensions:

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.

Mind:

Selecting multiple object types

To select two or more items in sequence:

or

To select two or more items out of sequence:

To cancel a selected object type:

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