The Delete Element... menu item allows you to delete one or more elements from the library. You cannot delete an element whose generations have any existing reservations. Additionally, the element cannot be a member of a group, nor can one of its generations belong to a class or be under review. If any generation of an element is reserved, you must unreserve or replace it before you can delete the element. If the element belongs to any groups or has generations in any classes, you must first remove them by doing the following: 1. Pull down the Maintenance menu. 2. Choose the Remove submenu. 3. Choose the Element... or Generation... menu item. Then provide the necessary information in the subsequent Remove Element or Remove Generation dialog box. If the element is set with the reference copy attribute, CMS deletes the corresponding reference copy file from the reference copy directory.
1 – De edb
The Delete Element dialog box allows you to enter information about the element or elements you want to delete from the library.
1.1 – De sf
If you click on an object or objects before choosing the Delete Element... menu item, the Selected box contains those objects. CMS performs the delete transaction on the selected objects.
1.2 – De ef
Fill in the Element field with the name of one or more elements to be deleted. An element expression can be an element name, a wildcard expression, or a list of these separated by commas.
1.3 – De r
Fill in the Remark field with text to be associated with the deletion remark of the element and logged in the history file with this delete transaction.