Chapter 9 Customizing your Modeling Environment

Using a conversion script

Default conversion scripts allow you to generate names from codes and codes from names using macros. These are macros used in the Generation Template Language (GTL) and recommended for the name/code conversions.

Conversion scripts are used when you click the Equal button after a Name or a Code box in the object property sheet or when you have selected the Name to code mirroring option in the Dialog page of the General Options.

You can customize the default conversion scripts using any of the following macros:

• .foreach_part
• .convert_name & .convert_code
• .lowercase
• .uppercase
• .replace
• .delete

For more information on the syntax of macro keywords used in the Generation Template Language (GTL), see "GTL Macros" the Customizing Generation with GTL chapter of the Customizing and Extending PowerDesigner manual.

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