topic Re: GDL parameter in GDL

GDL parameter

Guillermo1 — Wed, 03 Jun 2026 11:17:57 GMT

Hi, is it possible to use the keyword <LAYOUTCUSTOMPAR2> in a gdl parameter?

Re: GDL parameter

Lingwisyer — Thu, 04 Jun 2026 06:51:29 GMT

Autotext cannot be used within parameters, they can only be displayed as is. You might be able to request it, but I have not looked into it.

Ling.

Re: GDL parameter

Patrick M — Thu, 04 Jun 2026 23:17:50 GMT

is that a property? I don't know how/why you would need it in a gdl text... I suppose if you have a property, you could have a text field that linked to autotext in the gdl script.
If, for example, you save an autotext field in a text box as a custom label, when that label is attatched to something, the autotext would read that property value from the element it is linked to. But if it isn't a label, I don't think there are any straight forward ways to link it to a property value of an element.

Re: GDL parameter

Guillermo1 — Fri, 05 Jun 2026 13:14:07 GMT

What I want to do is a bit advanced, it seems to me, I want to create a 2D gdl object to place in the master layout that reads the status of the project placed in custom par 2 of the layout

Re: GDL parameter

Barry Kelly — Fri, 05 Jun 2026 15:20:30 GMT

No object can read the values of any other object or anything else placed in another layout.

Not without having one object write data to a text file and then having the second object read that text file.

But there are issues with this as it does not always update when you want it to.

You can set anything on a layout as a 'Reference' and then you can use autotext to access certain values of that reference, but it is only things like the layout page number that reference is on.

These are the available reference values, I don't think this is what you are looking for.

Barry.

Re: GDL parameter

Lingwisyer — Mon, 08 Jun 2026 01:37:22 GMT

"status of the project placed in custom par 2 of the layout"?

If it is information stored within each layout, why not just use the default Layout Status input? Not quite sure how it is retrieved, but the default Revision History Detailed object uses it, so you could delve into that to see how it works.

Ling.