Text Tags

Text Tags can be applied to any Glyph and are stored in the 'tag' table. The node 'table_id' and 'record_id' foreign keys are used to match the tag to the node (when loading tables).

You can enter tags using the 'Text Tag' tool and save then with the scene to the 'tag' table.

• I (i key) - Will toggle the tag display mode (showing the record_id if no tag is assigned to the node).
• Alt+I - Will select the 'Text Tag' tool and open the Tag Console to enter a tag. You can use a pointer device (mouse, trackpad, touchscreen, zSpace Stylus, etc.) to edit a glyphs tag.
• U - Opens the OS internet browser to the tag specific page OR opens local file:
  • Local files are opened using the default OS app (using the OS command line 'start [URL/filepath]').
  • URL's are opened by the default OS browser (using the default URL path with record_id or a custom URL).

Tag format for custom URL or filepath:

• URL tag format can start with either <a href="... or www. or http, ie:
  • <a href="http://openantz.com">OpenANTz</a>
  • www.openantz.com
  • https://openantz.com
• Filepath tags need to start with <a href="... and can be absolute or relative:
  • <a href="C:/data/antz/usr/images/map00001.jpg">map00001.jpg</a>
  • <a href="usr/images/map00001.jpg">map00001.jpg</a>
• Command line arguments require the app to have additional quotes:
  • <a href=""antz.exe" -f usr/antz0001/antz0001.bat">Open Preset 1</a>

All other tags (that are NOT formatted as a filepath nor URL):

• Will open in the browser with the default 'np_browser' path defined in the 'globals' table with the 'record_id' appended, (allows for full record retrieval using a database driven website), ie:
  • http://openantz.com/docs/id.html?id=42