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Customizing the Decision Table Editor

You can use the Decision Table Options dialog (Tools, Options, Decision Table) to set options that control how the editor displays Decision Tables. Use the fields and options in the Decision Table Options dialog as follows:

• Compressed View-Specifies what algorithms should be used to display Decision Tables in compressed view
  • Hide All Combinations with no Actions-Automatically hides any condition test values of the Decision Table that do not result in an action
  • Hide Groups with no Actions-Automatically hides condition test values of the Decision Table if an entire group of test values do not result in an action
  • Combine Values with same Actions-Combines condition test values that lead to the same action. For example, if A and B had the same result, they would be combined into a column labeled "A or B."
• Table Display-Contains options related to the display of the table
  • Automatically Refresh-Refreshes the Decision Table display immediately after changes are made
  • Minimum Action Cell Width-Sets the minimum number of characters that a cell.will display.
  • Maximum Characters in Cell-Sets the maximum number of characters (width) that a cell will display of its contents.
  • No Action Color-Lets you choose the color used to indicate an action cell with no action specified

  Domain Interface Filter-Indicates whether domain interface members defined in the application's included libraries are included in the domain interface members to which the application has access for constructing conditions and actions.

You can also select the font in which the Decision Table displays information. See the Fonts section of the "Creating and Editing Applications" chapter of the User Guide.