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Intelligent Suggestions and Text Highlighting

AseptSoft provides intelligent autocomplete suggestions and automatic text highlighting when editing text fields throughout the application.


🧠 Intelligent Suggestions

When you type in any text field (e.g., condition descriptions, action fields, prompts), AseptSoft automatically shows relevant entity suggestions from the current Module.

📖 How to Use

  1. Focus a text field — suggestions appear automatically

  2. Type any characters — the list filters to matching entities

  3. Use Up/Down arrows to select a different suggestion

  4. Press Tab, Enter, or double-click to accept and insert the selected suggestion

Suggestions also appear when you type trigger characters: Space, Tab, Enter, ., ;, ,

📂 Suggested Entity Types

Entity Type

Example

Processes

"CIP", "SIP"

Steps

"Fill", "Drain"

Instruments

"PI-101", "LI-201"

Parameters

"Temperature", "Pressure"

Variables

"Flow Rate", "Level"

Engineering Items

"VP-103", "HA-164"

Dialogs

Dialog names and UI controls

Equipment Modules

EM names

States

"Open", "Closed"

Fluids

"Water", "Steam"

Example: In a condition description field, type "pi" — the suggestions list shows all Pressure Indicators (PI-101, PI-102, etc.). Select one to insert its full name.


🎨 Text Highlighting

AseptSoft automatically recognizes and color-highlights known entities within text fields. When a typed entity name matches a known Module entity, it is displayed with a colored background.

🖌️ Customizing Highlight Colors

The colors used for each entity type can be customized through the Algorithm Colours option in the Module Ribbon Conditions panel:

  • Each entity type (Instruments, Valves, States, etc.) can have its own highlight color

  • Colors apply to all text fields across the algorithm/conditions UI

  • Changes take effect immediately


🏭 Pharma Example: Writing CIP Algorithm Conditions

When defining algorithm conditions for a CIP (Clean-in-Place) process, Intelligent Suggestions dramatically speeds up your work:

  1. In a condition field, start typing "LI" — the suggestion list instantly shows all Level Indicators (e.g., LI-101, LI-201)

  2. Select LI-101 and continue typing your condition: LI-101 >= 95%

  3. The text field automatically highlights LI-101 with its instrument color, making it visually distinct

  4. For the action field, type "VP" — suggestions show all valves. Select VP-103 to insert it

This ensures you always reference the correct entity names and helps catch typos before they become validation issues.