How to Remove Dimension Formatting Functions from Default Microvellum Reports

How to Remove Dimension Formatting Functions from Default Microvellum Reports

Occasionally a Microvellum User will request that their reports display various product, subassembly, or part dimensions without the formatting functions. These functions format the dimensions based on the following Microvellum properties:  Number Format (decimals = 1; fractions = 2), Accuracy (Options > General > Accuracy: Imperial must be multiple of 64ths (0.015625), Metric must a multiple of 0.1), Unit Type (metric or imperial), and Convert To Metric from Imperial (Options > General > Convert to Metric).

The name of the formatting function is "MVValueFormat" and has one parameter. That parameter is enclosed by parentheses and is the dimension to be formatted. Here is an example of an actual text component expression containing a function call and the argument that is passed to the parameter:

{MVValueFormat(Products.Width)}

To remove the formatting functions and print the dimension values as they are populated to the database, simply remove the function name, and opening and closing parenthesis surrounding the argument. In the example above, that would leave the following expression in the report text component:  

{Products.Width}

Watch the attached screencast for the specific procedure to follow. Be careful to follow it exactly. When finished, BEFORE saving, be sure to Preview the report and eliminate any errors that may have been introduced into the report. The report will open if saved with "Warnings," "Information Messages," or "Report Rendering Messages" (although the data may be incorrect), but it will not reopen if it saved with "Errors."

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