Renaming Tools and Connectors
MERLIC enables you to rename the tools according to your preferences. Likewise you can also rename the connectors Connectors are interactive elements, shaped like tabs, that let you adjust the name, value, and semantic type of tool parameters, training parameters, tool results and triggers. Connectors are located on the top left (tool parameters), on the top right (training parameters and / or input triggers), on the bottom left (tool results and / or branch trigger), and on the bottom right (output trigger) of the Tool Board. Connectors that are displayed by default are called "Basic Parameters" and "Basic Results". Connectors that can be added manually via the plus button are called "Additional Parameters" and "Additional Results". which represent the tool parameters, results and triggers. You can use almost all common types of characters for the names.
Renaming Tools
You can rename each tool by double-clicking at its name in the blue field and simply typing in the new name. To ensure that the tool can be easily identified after the renaming, the original name will still be displayed in addition to the new name. Both names will be visible at the tool board and in the Tool Flow panel. If you enter a number it will be added after the original tool name instead.
Renaming Connectors
You can rename a connector of a tool by double-clicking on its name in the Tool Board and simply typing in the new name. After the renaming only the new name will be displayed at the tool board. If you want to identify the connector by its original name, you may get the respective information from the tooltip when hovering the mouse over the connector. When connecting the connector via the context menu in the MERLIC Creator or in the MERLIC Designer, both names will be displayed, i.e., the original name and the user given name. Setting an empty text restores the default connector name.
Naming Conventions
In general, you can specify an arbitrary name for a tool and the respective connectors.
However, for the tools Branch on Condition and Evaluate Expression, some restrictions apply when renaming the connectors:
- The following characters are not allowed in the names of tool parameters and results:
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- The names of the tool parameters and results may not start with the following characters:
- Double underscore, e.g., "__Parameter"
- Digit, e.g., "1_Parameter"
- Names that represent reserved identifiers, e.g., operations in the expression, are not allowed as names for the tool parameters and results.
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