Spectre Build cBase Input

The Spectre Build cBase Input object brings typed data into the build script from one or more cBases.

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The cbase-input object has four sections in the properties panel where you set attributes.

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You specify cBase files in the ClosedPaths section of the Properties Panel.

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Attribute

Description

cBase Input Files

Defines one or more cBase files as a data source.

  1. Click the browse button for a row in the cBase Input Files.

    The Select File dialog box displays.

  2. Browse to the file or to the folder if using multiple files similarly named.

  3. Select the input file or enter a wildcard matching string.

    The cBase Input Files row is now populated.

  4. Click the plus button and repeat steps 1 to 3 to add additional rows in the cBase Input Files section for more cBases with the same structure.

    TIP: Alternatively, you can type the path and file name or wildcard matching string in each row of the cBase Input Files section.

  • For wildcards you can use question mark (?) or asterisk (*).

      • ? (question mark)—Matches any single character

      * (asterisk)—Matches a sequence of characters

  • Wildcard matching is case-insensitive and can search more than on directory.

    For example: /cbases/MF*/*/*.cbase

  • When using wildcards, files are returned in the order they are found in the directory; they are not necessarily sorted alphabetically. The order can vary across systems, and is often related to how files are deleted and added in the directory. Programs should not rely on a certain order.
  • Zip files are supported and the files within are treated as multiple files.
  • Windows has a limit of 16,384 files. On Linux, the limit is set by an administrator.

To build using cBases with different structures, use multiple cbase-input objects.

Each object has an area where you can enter comments for documentation purposes.

It is a DI best practice to enter a note for every object in a Spectre build script.

Comments dialog

The columns grid displays the Closedcolumns from the cBase. If there are multiple cBase sources, the columns are ordered based on the order of their source cBase. A count is included in the header.

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This panel displays the size of the ClosedcBase and a button to open it in ProDiver.

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