# Measure code options

To configure options when measuring using Measure codes, tap Options when viewing the Measure codes form. (In portrait mode, swipe right to left along the row of softkeys to view the Options softkey.)

String suffix

Measure codes has + Str and ‑ Str softkeys that enable you to apply a suffix to the code on the button. This is useful when you use the stringing method for feature coding.

Select the format of the suffix from the String suffix field. You can select 1, 01, 001, or 0001.

Auto measure

The Auto measure check box controls whether the software starts measuring as soon as you move from the Measure codes screen to the Measure topo or Measure point screen. Clear the Auto measure check box if you want to be able to change measurement settings, such as the measurement method or the antenna or target height before you start the measurement.

Prompt for attributes

Select the Prompt for attributes check box to make the attribute form appear when a point is stored for which there are required attributes but no value has yet been entered.

Select the Only prompt once for line and polygon features check box to ensure the attribute form appears only after measuring the first point in a new feature that contains more than one point.

When Prompt for attributes settings are enabled:

- If you already entered attributes by tapping the Attrib softkey, the software does not show the attributes form.
- If attributes that are set as required are assigned a default value in the feature library, the software does not show the attributes form.

Use attributes of base code

Base codes are used when you use the stringing softkeys in the Measure screen to append a numerical suffix to a base code. Use the Find str softkey to append a suffix to the code field to identify the unique instance of that feature. Use the + Str and ‑ Str softkeys to move to the previous or the next instance of the feature and, if needed, add positions to that feature.

For example, when you code a fence where all points coded "Fence01" are joined together to create the linear feature "Fence01" and all points coded "Fence02" are joined together, and so on, and they all have the same attributes. In this example, you can create feature code libraries that contain all the "Fence**" codes, or contain just the base code "Fence".

If you do string codes, and the feature library includes only the base code, then select the Use attributes of base code check box.

If you do not string codes, or if you do string codes but you include the entire code in the feature library, then you are not using base codes and you should clear the Use attributes of base code check box.

The following rules help to explain the base code:

- When Use attributes of base code is enabled, the code entered on a button is the base code.

  Enter "Fence", string the code to become "Fence01", the attributes are derived from "Fence".

- When Use attributes of base code is disabled, the code displayed on a button is the base code.

  Enter "Fence", string the code to become "Fence01", the attributes are derived from "Fence01".

- If you edit or change the code on a button, the base code resets, using rule 1 or rule 2 above.
- If you change the configuration of the Use attributes of base code setting, the base code resets, using rule 1 or rule 2 above.

- You cannot string numeric only codes when Use attributes of base code is disabled.
- If the Use attributes of base code check box is selected, it is applied throughout the software.

Single tap to measure

By default the Single tap to measure check box is selected to speed up your workflow and open the Measure topo or Measure point screen with a single tap of the appropriate code button.

Clear the Single tap to measure check box if the controller does not have arrow keys and you need to edit the code before measuring, for example to add a string suffix or to add additional codes to the observation.

When the Single tap to measure check box is not selected, you must double-tap each code button to add the code to the Code field when the Multi‑code button is enabled.

Descriptions

Select the Descriptions check box to show the description for the code as well as the code on the buttons in the Measure codes form. Clear the Descriptions check box to shown only the code.