List Entries

Updated: 2023-04-10

Overview of the list entry settings.

A List Entry Has the Following Properties

• Type defines the contents of the entry. The type Text lets you define the entire text yourself. For all other types, MeOS will insert contents generated form the competition (but you may provide text around the generated string, see below). You can search for types, both the type and the description, by using the search field.
• In the field Custom text you can type a custom string. If you leave this field blank, you get only the text generated by MeOS. If you provide a string, use the character X to place the generated text. The entry of type Course length for course constitute a good example. You can type

  X meters

  or

  X m

  depending on if you prefer 2500 meter or 2500 m in the list (given a class with this length). If you provide course lengths in some other unit, like Inches, Feet, or Ångström, this feature is also useful.
  Hint
  To get any kind of text in the list, use output data from result modules.
• Align with lest you align the list entry horizontally with a list entry in some other row. To adjust with a list post of type Text, you need to the corresponding text in the field Text.
• Least width means that the text is put in a box with at least the specified width. The unit is an unscaled MeOS pixel. A letter has the width of approximately 6 MeOS pixels, so a rule of thumb is to multiply the desired number of letters by 6 or 7. Any text from some other line that is anchored inside the block (in vertical direction) is pushed to the right and anchored where the block ends.
• Limit width means that the block gets a fixed width and will not grow. Text not fitting inside the block will be truncated.
• Horizontal adjustment is used to move the entity in the horizontal direction. The unit is MeOS pixels.
• Data from result module check this option if you want to take data, for example time and place, from the result module you have defined under list properties.
• Apply for specific leg is used when the entry refers to a team and you want to specify the team member of a specific leg. For a patrol start list, it is of interest to access name, card number, etc for the first and second competitor. You can do this either by using a sub list (which gives one row for each patrol member). If you want everything on the same row, you can access the individual legs of the team of the row with this property.
  
  
  Some types handle the options Automatic, All legs, or a specified leg. Automatic means the leg selected when you show the list, all means that the entry is duplicated for each leg (how many columns you get depend on the class settings).
  
  For types referring to output data from a result module, this option is replaced with an index into the output data.
  
  For types referring to results from earlier stages this option is replaced by a stage selection. If you specify All stages the entry is duplicated for each previous stage (you get one column per stage).
• Relation to previous is specified for list entries that are not first on a line. The options are None, Append text, or Keep columns close.
  
  Append text means the the text of the entry is appended to the text of the entry to the left, instead of getting its own column. No blank space is added by MeOS, so usually you need to use a Custom text: for a simple blank space, write " X". When this option is active, other formatting settings, such as color, adjustment and indentation, will be inherited from the list entry to the left.
  
  Keep columns close gives separate columns, but will try to put them close together. This can be useful to collect several column under one common heading.
• Format controls how the text is formatted relative the base format. Setup the base format under the list Properties.
• Text adjustment lets you select if the text in the column will be left adjusted, right adjusted or centered.
• Color lets you set the text color.