Merge branch 'Development' into B2026-077

Format only change - approve by customer
Good for testing

PROMS/VEPROMS.CSLA.Library/Format/vlnFormat.cs

@@ -128,17 +128,27 @@ namespace VEPROMS.CSLA.Library
 			int sibCount = SiblingCount(xmlNode);
 			return string.Format("{0}/{1}[{2}]", parentPath, xmlNode.Name, sibCount);
 		}
-		public static XmlNode InheritLookup(XmlNode xmlNode, string path, bool stepLookup)
+        //B2026-077 – Update Format inheritance to use index id instead of position/order. 
+        public static string PathByIndex(XmlNode xmlNode)
+        {
+			if (xmlNode.Name == "TransTypes" || xmlNode.Name == "Step")
+			{
+                string parentPath = xmlNode.ParentNode == xmlNode.OwnerDocument ? "" : Path(xmlNode.ParentNode);
+                string Indx = xmlNode.Attributes["Index"].Value;
+				return $@"{parentPath}/{xmlNode.Name}[@Index='{Indx}']";
+			}
+			else
+            {
+                return Path(xmlNode);
+            }
+        }
+        public static XmlNode InheritLookup(XmlNode xmlNode, string path, bool stepLookup)
 		{
 			//stepLookup = false;   // 8/2 change for inheritance
 			if (xmlNode == null) return null;// No path to match
-			string xPath = Path(xmlNode);// Build xPath from xmlNode
-			if (xmlNode.Name == "TransTypes")
-			{
-				string TransIndex = xmlNode.Attributes["Index"].Value;
-				 xPath = System.Text.RegularExpressions.Regex.Replace(xPath, @"\[[0-9]*\]$", @"[@Index='" + TransIndex + @"']");
-			}
-			vlnFormatDocument fd = (vlnFormatDocument)xmlNode.OwnerDocument;//First Get the vlnFormatDocument  - This also ties it to a FormatInfo object
+			string xPath = PathByIndex(xmlNode);// Build xPath from xmlNode
+
+            vlnFormatDocument fd = (vlnFormatDocument)xmlNode.OwnerDocument;//First Get the vlnFormatDocument  - This also ties it to a FormatInfo object
 			while(fd.MyFormat.MyIParent != null)
 			{
 				fd = fd.MyFormat.MyIParent.PlantFormat.XmlDoc;// Get the parents vlnFormatDocument
@@ -167,14 +177,14 @@ namespace VEPROMS.CSLA.Library
 		{
 			if (xmlNode == null) return null;// No path to match
 			string xPath = Path(xmlNode);// Build xPath from xmlNode
-			vlnFormatDocument fd = (vlnFormatDocument)xmlNode.OwnerDocument;//First Get the vlnFormatDocument - This also ties it to a FormatInfo object
+            vlnFormatDocument fd = (vlnFormatDocument)xmlNode.OwnerDocument;//First Get the vlnFormatDocument - This also ties it to a FormatInfo object
 			while (fd.MyFormat.MyIParent != null)
 			{
 				fd = fd.MyFormat.MyIParent.PlantFormat.XmlDoc;// Get the parents vlnFormatDocument
 				if (fd != null)
 				{
 					XmlNode xp = fd.SelectSingleNode(xPath);// Get the related node
-					if (xp != null)
+                    if (xp != null)
 					{
 						XmlNodeList xl = xp.SelectNodes(path);
 						if (xl != null && xl.Count > 0)