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      </table><br><p class="para_topic">The <b class="uiTerm">Formboard Annotation</b> and <b class="uiTerm">Report</b> formats can be imported and exported to and from a file. The format of the file is as follows:
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      <p class="para_topic">A ! character indicates a comment, from that character to the end of the line.</p>
      <p class="para_topic">The phrase Formboard Annotation Format=&lt;annotation format name&gt; indicates the beginning of a formboard annotation format. The string, starting just after the =, and ending at the end of the line, is the format name. The format definition will end at the end of the file, or at the before the beginning of a new annotation or report format.</p>
      <p class="para_topic">The phrase <code>Formboard Annotation Type=&lt;annotation type&gt;</code>, indicates the type of a formboard annotation format. The string, starting just after the =, and ending at the end of the line, is the format annotation type.
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      <p class="para_topic">The valid values for Annotation Type (case insensitive):</p>
      <p class="para_topic"><b class="commandName">FMBD_COMPONENT_ANN</b></p>
      <p class="para_topic"><b class="commandName">FMBD_WIRE_BUNDLE_ANN</b></p>
      <p class="para_topic"><b class="commandName">FMBD_NODAL_ANN</b></p>
      <p class="para_topic"><b class="commandName">FMBD_ANG_DIM_ANN</b></p>
      <p class="para_topic"><b class="commandName">FMBD_CONNECTOR_ANN</b></p>
      <p class="para_topic"><b class="commandName">FMBD_CLOCK_ANN</b></p>
      <p class="para_topic"><b class="commandName">FMBD_FACE_CGM_ANN</b></p>
      <p class="para_topic"><b class="commandName">FMBD_FACE_PATTERN_ANN</b></p>
      <p class="para_topic"><b class="commandName">FMBD_PIN_ANN</b></p>
      <p class="para_topic">The phrase Formboard Report Format=&lt;report format name&gt;, indicates the beginning of a formboard report format. The string, starting just after the =, and ending at the end of the line, is the format name. The format definition will end at the end of the file, or at the before the beginning of a new annotation or report format.</p>
      <p class="para_topic">The phrase Formboard Report Type=&lt;report type&gt;, indicates the beginning of a formboard report format. The string, starting just after the =, and ending at the end of the line, is the format report type.</p>
      <p class="para_topic">The valid values for Report Type (case insensitive):</p>
      <p class="para_topic"><b class="commandName">FMBD_CUTSHEET_REPT</b></p>
      <p class="para_topic"><b class="commandName">FMBD_PART_LIST_REPT</b></p>
      <p class="para_topic"><b class="commandName">FMBD_CGM_FILE_REPT</b></p>
      <p class="para_topic"><b class="commandName">FMBD_AUTO_COMPONENT_REPT</b></p>
      <p class="para_topic"><b class="commandName">FMBD_AUTO_CONNECTOR_REPT</b></p>
      <p class="para_topic"><b class="commandName">FMBD_AUTO_CLOCK_REPT</b></p>
      <p class="para_topic"><b class="commandName">FMBD_AUTO_FACE_CGM_REPT</b></p>
      <p class="para_topic"><b class="commandName">FMBD_AUTO_FACE_PATTERN_REPT</b></p>
      <p class="para_topic"><b class="commandName">FMBD_NODAL_REPT</b></p>
      <p class="para_topic"><b class="commandName">FMBD_AUTO_PIN_REPT</b></p>
      <p class="para_topic">Column entries for both the Annotation and Report formats are in the following form:</p>
      <p class="para_topic">&lt;Associative Name&gt;, &lt;Column Name&gt;, &lt;Column Width&gt;, &lt;Checked Status&gt;</p>
      <div class="title_division">Example format file:</div>
      <p class="para_division">!Format &lt;Nodel Path&gt;</p>
      <p class="para_division">Formboard Annotation Format=Nodal Path</p>
      <p class="para_division">Formboard Annotation Type&ndash;FMBD_NODAL_ANN</p>
      <p class="para_division">first_node_name,From,16,1</p>
      <p class="para_division">second_node_name.To,16,1</p>
      <p class="para_division">diameter,Diam,16,1</p>
      <p class="para_division">path_length,Length,16,1</p>
      <p class="para_division">&nbsp;</p>
      <p class="para_division">!Format &lt;Nodal Report&gt;</p>
      <p class="para_division">Formboard Report Format=Nodal Report</p>
      <p class="para_division">Formboard Report Type=FMBD_NODAL_REPT</p>
      <p class="para_division">first_node_name,From,16,1</p>
      <p class="para_division">second_node_name,To,16,1</p>
      <p class="para_division">Diameter,Diam,16,1</p>
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