WellCAD Basics - Advanced Logic Technology

BOOK 1 - WELLCAD BASICS - 81
Use Alias Table options:
Alias Tables can be applied when importing data, when loading templates or at any
time when using the Edit > Rename Logs option. For the first two cases the use is
optional and can be enabled by checking the corresponding boxes in the Use Alias
Table field.
For the application of templates several additional options can be set:
Keep existing log name – The alias table will be applied in the background to match
current log title and expected name from the template. But current log titles will not
be overwritten.
Use log name from template – If the current log title appears in the alias list or
corresponds to the expected name it will be set to the name used by the template.
Use log name from alias table – If the current log title appears in the alias list it will be
set to the expected name after the template has been applied.
Format of the Alias Table:
Alias Table *.ini files can be edited using a simple text editor such as Wordpad. The
file consists of three sections [AliasOption], [Alias] and [DefaultUnit].
[AliasOption] contains the general options for the application of alias tables that can
be set in the Use Alias Table section of the dialog box. They should not be edited by
hand.
[Alias] contains the expected name to alias correspondence. The format is:
ExpectedName = Alias 1, Alias 2, Alias 3, …, Alias N
[DefaultUnit] contains alias names and a corresponding unit string. As some alias
names may be a composition of mnemonic and unit string (e.g GR[api])the user can
define the WellCAD unit string associated with an alias in this section. E.g. setting
GR[api]= api would force the unit string of the log to be set to api after GR[api] was
renamed to the expected name.
A sample of an Alias Table *.ini file is shown below:
[AliasOption]
ImportRenameLog=yes
TemplateUseAlias=no
TemplateRenameLog=no
ImportFileUsingAliasTable=yes
ApplyTemplateUsingAliasTable=yes
RenameLogApplyingTemplate=ChangeFromTemplate