Add a conditin to set attribute in another column

I'm a new Doors user. I want to do a script to set attribute in another column by condition. For example:

column A, attribute is <object heading & object text>

column B, attribute is <Status>

If column A contains a keyword"if A>B", and then set the column B attribute to OK. Can anybody make the script for me? Thanks!

ID                 column A              column B

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001              if A>B, DDDD         OK

002              if B>A, CCC          

003              if A>B, BBBB          OK

004              if A>B, AAAA          OK

Re: Add a conditin to set attribute in another column
llandale - Thu Jun 12 15:42:30 EDT 2014

First off lets get your terminology consistent. If you really want to set a "Column" value then you need to run Layout-DXL.  If you want to retrieve information from a "Column", you need to get a handle on the "nth" Column and retrieve the value.

More likely you want to deal with "Attributes".  I point out that while "Attributes" can be displayed in Columns in the GUI, DXL can deal with them without them being seen.

So I think what you really want is an "Attribute DXL" script that displays "OK" when the attribute "Object Text" contains a specific string, and nothing otherwise.

string MatchString = "A<B"

string Text = obj."Object Text"

if (matches(MatchString, Text)) //

then obj.attrDXLName = "OK"

else obj.attrDXLName = " "

You would create a new attribute, perhaps named "ReqIsOK", type string, define it as an "Attribute DXL" and isnert the above code.

-Louie