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7. Press the

New Register

button to open a

Create Register

window.

Enter

Inventory in the

Create Register

field to create a new

Reg-

ister

named

Inventory

. Press

OK

.

8. In the

Write type

pull-down list, select

Overwrite to clear existing

data from the register before storing newly input data.

9. Press

OK

to create the new

Register

.

10. Press

OK

to save your settings and exit the

Input Item

dialog box.

The Verify: Input Node

The

Verify

node ensures that the data entered is numeric. If the data isn’t

numeric, the node passes control to the

Output

and

Display

nodes, which

sound a beep and display an error message. Complete the following steps to set
up this node:

1. Double-click the

Verify: Input

node to display its

Properties

.

Figure 90. The Verify: Input Dialog Box

2. On the

Verify Options

tab, select

Numeric from

Data Type

pull-

down list. Leave the

Comparison

pull-down list set to

None to

NOT

verify a specific number.

3. The selections for

Next nodes

are automatically set according to the

Links you create. The top Link always defines the

Pass

setting. It

should be set to go to the

Copy: To File

node if the data is numeric

(

Pass

) and the

Output: Error Beep

node if it's not (

Fail

).

4. Specify what register to verify in the

Verify Information

tab. Select

Inventory from the

Register

pull-down list. Scroll through the list

to find it if necessary.

5. Press

OK

to save your settings and exit the dialog box.

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