topic Betreff: STRTOUPPER(string_expression) not working with autotext in GDL

STRTOUPPER(string_expression) not working with autotext

ArchiTecht — Thu, 18 Sep 2025 16:05:19 GMT

I would like to use autotext for the subset name and layout name in different locations, some of which I would like to be all caps and other locations I would like to be lowercase. The gdl function that turns strings into all caps works just fine with all my other autotext, but not with the subset name or layout name. Has anyone else had this issue? Is there a work around?

STRTOUPPER(<SUBSETNAME>)

STRTOUPPER(<LAYOUTNAME>)

Heather, AC 28, Windows 10

Betreff: STRTOUPPER(string_expression) not working with autotext

Jochen Suehlo — Fri, 19 Sep 2025 10:58:13 GMT

You theoretically can use

STRTOUPPER("<SUBSETNAME>")
Unfortunately, however, it is generally not possible to perform any text operations or comparison operations in AutoText, which is why small letters remain small.

Betreff: STRTOUPPER(string_expression) not working with autotext

Bruce — Thu, 25 Sep 2025 21:24:02 GMT

Yes, the filling of autotext content is invisible to GDL. A frustration to be sure.

Re: STRTOUPPER(string_expression) not working with autotext

Bruce — Thu, 25 Sep 2025 21:24:56 GMT

This from the GDL Reference Guide:

"It’s not part of GDL itself. Archicad will substitute all references to autotext fields in whatever GDL output it finds them. For example, if you
write <PROJECTSTATUS> in the parameter string of a text2 command, Archicad will nicely replace it with the actual value. All this is invisible
to GDL – consequently the size and other attributes of the text are not measurable."