Rules and Information for Mandatory Attributes
This section lists some rules and information for mandatory attributes.
- If an attribute to is be declared mandatory then it should be present in the
IEF-CADToMxMandatoryAttrMapping
as well as in theMCADInteg-CADToMxAttribMapping
. - All mandatory attributes should have a value.
- If the Administrator sets
attributeType
asmandatory
, then the Administrator should provide a value for theattributeValue
in theIEF-CADToMxMandatoryAttrMapping
attribute and must not leave it empty. An error message informing that mandatory attributes cannot be empty is displayed if left empty. - If the Administrator sets
attributeType
asdefault
, then the Administrator should provide a value for theattributeValue
in theIEF-CADToMxMandatoryAttrMapping
or in the CAD file properties. If both are empty, then an error message informing that mandatory attributes cannot be empty is displayed. - If the Administrator sets
attributeType
asnull
then it must be ensured that the attribute has a value and is not empty if it exists inFile Summary Properties
orFile Custom Properties
. If empty, an error message saying that the mandatory attributes cannot be empty is displayed.