<autoGenerate> Element

This element defines settings for automatically generating serial numbers.

Parent Elements

serialNumber

Attributes

Name	Type	Description	Required
pattern	string	The pattern to use for the generated numbers.	Yes
startCount	string	The start value to use for an incrementing count in the generated numbers.	No (defaults to "1")
maxCount	string	The maximum count value to allow.	No

Child Elements

None.

Remarks

pattern must contain a single {count} placeholder where the incrementing count will be inserted. Other text before or after the placeholder will be placed into generated numbers as literal text.

startCount and maxCount can only contain numeric digits. Leading zeros are allowed and will be preserved when generating numbers.

Examples:

pattern	startCount	Resulting Number Sequence
{count}	1	1, 2, ..., 9, 10, 11, ..., 99, 100, 101, ...
S12{count}	1	S121, S122, ..., S129, S1210, S1211, ...
S12{count}	0001	S120001, S120002, ..., S129999, S1210000, S1210001, ...