Subroutine

Subroutines are a collection of features which have been selected from source routines and saved to the database. When activated, a subroutine becomes a query's DataSource. A subroutine can contain features from more than one source routine.

Load All Subroutines

Clicking Load All Subroutines in the Query Properties dialog will load all of the subroutines in the DataSource.

Unload All Subroutines

Unloads the subroutines from the selected query.

Create a subroutine

1. Right click a feature and select Edit Feature. In the Feature Editor dialog, click Edit Subroutines.
2. In the Subroutines dialog, click New. Enter a label for the new subroutine, select a handedness, then click OK.
   
3. The label of the subroutine will be displayed, and the source routine will be displayed underneath it. Expanding the source routine will display all of the features in the routine. Select the check boxes next to the features you want to include in your new subroutine. Click Apply to add the selected features to your new subroutine. Click OK to close the Subroutines dialog.
   

If you click Close before clicking OK or Apply, you will lose your changes.

Apply

Clicking apply will apply the changes you have made to the subroutine.

Reset Features

Clicking Reset Features will revert back to the state the subroutine was in the last time Apply or OK was clicked.

Remove from Query

Clicking Remove from Query will remove the subroutine from the Query.

Alignment

Clicking Alignment will open the Alignment dialog, in which you can create and edit alignments. For more information about how to create or edit alignments, please refer to the Alignment topic.