Pattern properties

Used for: Editing pattern properties. Select the pattern in the Message view, and edit the properties in this view.

Properties
Label	Pattern name.
Description	Textual description of the pattern.
Comment	Additional comment.
Left, Right, Top, and Bottom	Coordinates for the pattern match rectangle displayed on the PageIN sheet. The origin is the top-left corner. View only.
Match	Characters specifying the match.
Use wildcards	Select whether or not to allow wildcards in the definition of the Match property.
Ignore column	Select Yes to ignore the left and right borders of the pattern match rectangle. In this case, there can be a match even if the incoming data falls outside these borders. This option will affect performance.
Ignore line	Select Yes to ignore the Top and Bottom of the pattern match rectangle. In this case, there can be a match even if the incoming data falls outside these borders. This option will affect performance.
Enabled	Select whether or not to use the pattern.

 

Wildcards
	Any digit (0-9). Example: A999 matches A000 to A999
$	Any digit (0-9), comma (,), period (.), plus (+), and minus (-). Example: 8$3 matches 803, 8.3, 8+3 etc.
X	Any alphabetical character (A-Z, a-z). Example: AX matches Aa, AA, Ab etc.
¤	Any character, except space. Example: A¤ matches A1, Aa, A2 etc.
?	Any character, including space. Example: ? matches anything.

Example 8

Wildcards in block pattern

Use 999 to match any 3-digit number.