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:
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:
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."