Using JMRI® to Operate Trains

Edit Car Attributes

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To the right of each of the car attributes (Road, Type, Length, Color,Load, Kernel, Owner)there is an that displays the Edit (attribute) dialog to allow you to edit the list of attributes available to use for Car definition. Use this to , or the available attributes for a car.

Road
road		 Type
type
Length
length		 Color
color		 Load
load		 Kernel
Kernel		 Owneer
owner

Tools menu

 

Road, Type, Length, Color, Kernel, Owner

Show the number of cars with this attribute


Edit

Loads

Show the number of cars with this attribute

number

Delete unused attributes.

delete

Prompt to delete unused attributes.

Preview

preview loads

Print

print loads

 

To add a new car attribute, enter the desired text in the text box and press . When you first enter a new car attribute it will show up at the start of the list. Later when your restart the program it will be sorted in the correct order.

To delete a car attribute, select the attribute you want to delete in the menu box and press .

If you need to change a specific car attribute (road, type, color, etc) in your entire car roster, you can use the found at the bottom right of the edit car attribute panel.

Replace

For example, if you wish to change the car road name attribute "UP" to "UPS" for all of your cars. Press for any of your cars in the Cars panel, and the Replace All? dialog will display with a or option. Enter the new road "UPS" in the text box, select "UP" in the menu box, and press . All cars with "UP" as their road will now have "UPS" as their road name.