Renaming Tools and Connectors

You can rename a MERLIC tool and 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". of its parameters and results in the respective tool board. Therefore, you first have to select the tool in the Tool Flow so that its tool board is shown in the Tool Workspace.

You can use almost all common types of characters for the names as long as it complies with the naming conventions.

Renaming Tools

Renaming Connectors

1. In the tool board, double-click on the name of the tool parameter or tool result.
2. Enter the new name into the text field. If you only enter a number, it will be appended to the end of the default name instead.

   

3. Confirm your changes with Enter or by clicking outside the dialog.

After renaming, only the new name will be displayed at the tool board. However, when connecting the parameter or result in the MERLIC Creator or in the MERLIC Designer, the default name will also be displayed.

Alternatively, you can also check the tooltip of the respective tool parameter or result for detailed information on its name. Hover the mouse pointer over the name of the respective connector to display the tooltip. It will show the respective default name and the user given name.

Restoring the Default Name

To restore the default name of a tool, a tool parameter, or tool result, proceed as follows:

1. In the tool board, click on the respective name.
2. Remove the user given name in the text field.
3. Confirm your changes.

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, for example, "__Parameter"
  • Digit, for example, "1_Parameter"

• Names that represent reserved identifiers, for example, operations in the expression, are not allowed as names for the tool parameters and results.
  List of reserved identifiers

  abs	acos	and	asin
  assign	assign_at	atan	atan2
  band	bnot	bor	break
  bxor	case	catch	ceil
  chr	chrt	comment	continue
  cos	cosh	cumul	default
  deg	deviation	else	elseif
  endfor	endif	endswitch	endtry
  endwhile	environment	exit	exp
  export_def	fabs	false	find
  floor	fmod	for	gen_tuple_const
  global	HNULL	H_MSG_FAIL	H_MSG_FALSE
  H_MSG_TRUE	H_MSG_VOID	H_TYPE_ANY	H_TYPE_HANDLE
  H_TYPE_INT	H_TYPE_MIXED	H_TYPE_REAL	H_TYPE_STRING
  if	ifelse	insert	int
  inverse	is_handle	is_handle_elem	is_int
  is_int_elem	is_mixed	is_number	is_real
  is_real_elem	is_string	is_string_elem	is_valid_handle
  ldexp	log	log10	lsh
  max	max2	mean	median
  min	min2	not	or
  ord	ords	par_join	par_start
  pow	rad	rand	real
  regexp_match	regexp_replace	regexp_select	regexp_test
  remove	repeat	replace	return
  round	rsh	select_mask	select_rank
  sem_type	sem_type_elem	sgn	sin
  sinh	sort	sort_index	split
  sqrt	stop	strchr	strlen
  strrchr	strrstr	strstr	subset
  sum	switch	tan	tanh
  throw	true	try	type
  type_elem	uniq	until	while
  xor