With the Format editor, you can create a new data element and then
define its format. To create the format element for a new data element, follow
these steps:
- Create a format definition.
- In the main editing area of the FMTE
page in the Editor view, right-click the newly created format definition.
- In the pop-up menu, select Add data format.
- In the sub-menu that pops up, select New data. A window appears prompting you to input the name and tag name for the
new data.
- Type the name and select the tag name of the new data
element from a pull-down list. If this data element belongs to
a compound data element, also select the compound data element to which you
want to add the new data element.
- Click Finish. The newly created
data element appears in the CHA Data view. The newly created format element
appears in the Outline view and the FMTE page of the Editor view.
- If another wizard appears, select the format for the new data element
and click Finish.