The filename_ContactMulti.txt file contains the list of
multipoint contact features from the export. Each line in the file is a comma (',') delimited string terminated by a newline character ('\n'). Each line in the file has the following format:
Field Name | Field Description | Description |
|---|---|---|
Contact Index | 4-digit integer | The index number for the contact. Index numbers are assigned sequentially from 0 when the export is performed. It is guaranteed to be unique for all exported multi point contacts only. |
Key | 12 characters | The key for the contact. It is created by concatenating the line name and the contact number together. The first 8 bytes are the first 8 bytes in the line name, and the last 4 bytes are the system generated number assigned to the contact. |
Line Index | 4 digit integer | The line record number from the corresponding Filename_ContactLine.txt file. |
Contact Number | 4 digit integer | The system generated contact number assigned to the contact when it was created in the SIPS software (same as the last 4 bytes of the ‘key’ field). |
Creation Date | 10 characters | The date the contact was created. It has the mm/dd/yyyy format |
Creation Time | 10 characters | The time the contact was created. It has the following format: HH:MM:SS.S |
Created User ID | 3 characters | The user ID entered in the SIPS software at the time of contact creation (usually user initials) |
Modified Date | 10 characters | The last date the contact was modified. The data maybe the same as the Creation Date if the contact has not been modified since creation. It has the following format: mm/dd/yyyy |
Modified Time | 10 characters | The time of the last modification done to the contact. The time maybe the same as the Creation Time if the contact has not been modified since it was created. It has the following format: HH:MM:SS.S |
Modified User ID | 3 characters | The user ID of the user that last modified the contact. The ID maybe the same as the Created User ID if the contact has not be modified since it was created. |
Contact Prefix | 8 characters | The prefix assigned by the SIPS software when the user created the contact. This is normally used to generate the key for the contact. |
Feature Code | 12 characters | The CARIS Feature code used to represent the point contact. |
Contact Type | 1 character | This identifies the contact record as either a single point or multi point contact. Single point contacts are represented by a ‘1’ and multipoint contacts are represented by a ‘2’. |
Target Height | 6.2 Floating point | The height of the target (in metres). |
Target Width | 6.2 Floating point | The width of the target (in metres). |
Target Length | 6.2 Floating point | The length of the target (in metres). |
Image Height | 4 digit integer | The height of the contact image as defined by the user in the SIPS software. |
Image Width | 4 digit integer | The width of the contact image as defined by the user in the SIPS software. |
Status | 1 digit integer | The status of the contact—0 if the contact is Accepted, 1 if the contact is Rejected. |
Remarks | 85 (maximum) characters | Remarks entered by the hydrographer about the created contact. |