Attachments Exclude Empty Fields Registry entry

Specify that the Exclude empty fields from attachment search option on the Attachments screen of the Import Wizard is checked / unchecked by default.

When performing a Custom import with the Import Tool, it is possible to specify how attachments should be handled during the import:

Attachments screen

EMu uses values provided in the import file to search for attachment records. If a field in the import file is empty, EMu needs to know whether:

  • the field should be treated as empty (i.e. only search for records where the field is empty)

    -OR-

  • the value is unknown and could be anything

By default, this checkbox is ticked, indicating that the value is simply unknown rather than intentionally empty (NULL). In this case, the field will NOT be used when searching for an attachment record (if it was used, only records where the field was empty would be located).

If the checkbox is not ticked, it is assumed that the value in the field is NULL (the field is intentionally empty). When searching for attachment records, only records where the field is empty will be returned.

With this Registry entry it is possible to specify the default setting for this option: ticked / unticked.

Usage

This Registry entry can be assigned to users and groups:

Key User User Group Group Group Group
Key 1 User User Group Group Group Group
Key 2 user user group group Default Default
Key 3 Table Table Table Table Table Table
Key 4 table Default table Default table Default
Key 5 Import
Key 6 Attachments Exclude Empty Fields
Value boolean
User user Table table Import Attachments Exclude Empty Fields boolean
User user Table Default Import Attachments Exclude Empty Fields boolean
Group group Table table Import Attachments Exclude Empty Fields boolean
Group group Table Default Import Attachments Exclude Empty Fields boolean
Group Default Table table Import Attachments Exclude Empty Fields boolean
Group Default Table Default Import Attachments Exclude Empty Fields boolean

where:

boolean

is true (the Exclude empty fields from attachment search checkbox is ticked) or false (the Exclude empty fields from attachment search checkbox is not ticked).

Note: In the absence of this entry, a setting of true is assumed.

Example

The Exclude empty fields from attachment search checkbox is unticked by default:

Attachments screen

Key Setting
Key 1 Group
Key 2 Default
Key 3 Table
Key 4 Default
Key 5 Import
Key 6 Attachments Exclude Empty Fields
Value false