Assigning property through rule files

Hi All,
a) Could anyone please explain me how can we assign properties of members through rule files while building the dimension. Suppose we want to assign the property store data or dynamic calc to any member then how we will do it through rule files.
b) What is the maxl command to refresh the database?
Thanks

John,
Thanx ur blog was very helpful. I am facing a problem while loading a dimension which has attributes e.g. Product is my dimension which has attributes like Caffeinated- boolean, ounces- numeric, pkg type- text and Intro date- date.
I get errors like-
1)Intro Date_04-01-1996: The attribute member name does not match the setting for the type of attribute. Date attribute members should be specified in xx-xx-yyyy format................... and.............
2) Ounces_12: The attribute member name does not match the setting for the type of attribute. Date attribute members should be specified in xx-xx-yyyy format.
Im new to Hyperion Essbase...any help wld be highly appreciated.

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