The following is a description of the General page on the Variable Properties window. Click the Value tab for a description of the Value page.
Variable naming is similar to Identifier - begin with an underscore (_) or an alphabetic character, and can be followed by any combination of alphabetic characters, numeric characters or underscore (_), use variable naming conventions topic as guidelines to name a variable. Note that variable type can be automatically set depending variable name prefix based on the options selected in Variables Options dialog.
Click on the Down Arrow button to display the available, basic data types.
Or you can enter a data type in the drop down box. You can do this in one of the following ways:
● Enter type for data type.
● Enter module.type to define a module data type.
● Enter lib.type to define a library data type.
● Enter module.lib.type to define a module library data type.
You can also enter a user-defined name to make a typedef.
To browse for public data types, click on the Browse button next to the Down Arrow button. Data types defined in other modules must be public to be visible. Note that variable name prefix can be automatically set depending on the option selected in Variables Options dialog.
When a check box is visible, the variable is public and is available to other modules. Variables within a Program module cannot be Public; you cannot see or alter them from another module. By contrast, variables within a Driver can be Public, and you can indicate this using the Public check box, which is on the variable properties window for variables within a Driver.
For more information on public variables, see How ATEasy Searches for Variables.
Use the Dim button to define the number of dimensions in an array. The number of dimensions range from 0 to 16. For example, 0 is no array; 1 is a one-dimensional array.
Enter the default dimension sizes. For example, if you specified a value of 3 (three-dimensional array) for Dim, you can enter a Dim Size of [5, 8, 2], that will specify 5x8x2 elements.
Enter a comment that more fully describes the variable. To type more than one line, click the Desc button to expand the Desc edit box. After completing the description, click the Desc button again to collapse the box.