Name and Code Format Properties

Display Name

Displays the names of objects in the interface

Display Code

Displays the codes of objects in the interface

Enable name/code conversions

Enables the use of conversion scripts and conversion tables to generate a code from a name or a name from a code. See Name and code conversion scripts

Naming Template

Specifies a template for name and code format

Maximum Length

Maximum number of characters. In a PDM, this maximum number of characters can come from the Registry (if you defined a Maximum length and clicked the Set As Default button) or from the DBMS definition file. If a maximum length is declared in both the Registry and the DBMS, PowerDesigner uses the length with higher constraint. For example, in the case where the Registry = 128 and the DBMS = 30, PowerDesigner uses 30 characters for maximum length

Character Case

Indicates authorized character cases: Uppercase, Lowercase, and Mixed Case

Valid Characters

List of authorized characters.

You can specify a single character or character string in quotation marks. For example:

"a", "xyz"

You can specify an interval of characters between single quotation marks separated by a dash. For example:

'a'-'z'
'a'-'z', 'A'-'Z', '0'-'9'

By default, PowerDesigner allows the following valid characters for codes: 'a'-'z','A'-'Z','0'-'9',"_"

All Valid

Accepts all characters.

Invalid Characters

List of unauthorized characters. By default, PowerDesigner defines the following invalid characters for names:

"+-*/\.,!:;"

No Accents

Removes accents from accented characters.

Default Character

Character used to replace any invalid characters entered.