The details below are also available in the template file (English only).
- The format of the .csv file is XML.
- The CSV output for Excel or other spreadsheet applications should occur between the <csv> and </csv> tags. These should occur only once.
- Any output enclosed between <electrode> and </electrode>tags is repeated for each electrode in the model.
- The electrode start tag may also specify a type, where type is one of "originals", "copies", or "all" (the default).
The type is specified by adding type="..." after <electrode and before the >in the opening tag. For example,
<electrode type="originals">
If the type is "originals"then the output between this and the </electrode> tag is repeated only for each original electrode (one that is not a copy) in the model.
If the type is "copies" then the output between this and the </electrode> tag is repeated only for the electrodes that are copies.
Note: Electrode tags may not contain other electrode tags, but may include "copies" tags (see below).
- Within the electrode tags, there may also be <copies> </copies> tags. This is different from <electrode type="copies"> </electrode> because it repeats only for the copies of the current electrode being processed by the parent electrode tags. That is, the electrode tags repeat for each electrode and, if there is an enclosed copies tag, output for each of the copies of this electrode is also output. If there are no copies of a given electrode, the output between the copies tags is ignored. This feature is useful within <electrode type="original"> </electrode> tags, because it prevents the copies being repeated.
- You can use substitution strings within any output section. These are expanded when Electrode processes this file. They start with %[ and end with ].
For safety, the special strings are enclosed in double quotes; if the expansions contain commas, they do not break the layout of the .csv file.
- If this file is modified from the default, copy it into the shareddb area. Otherwise, the changes are lost when PowerShape is updated.