topic Issue Date Autotext - Work in Progress in Libraries & objects

Issue Date Autotext - Work in Progress

Lingwisyer — Wed, 04 Sep 2019 07:24:00 GMT

Hi all,

Is there a way to change the format of the Issue Date autotext to show "WIP" instead of "Work in Progress"?

In full, it does not fit in my title block as there is only space for a short hand date, resulting in it covering the drawing number...

Ling.

Re: Issue Date Autotext - Work in Progress

Erwin Edel — Mon, 09 Sep 2019 12:24:30 GMT

We had a similar issue with the date formatting not being to our liking and just ended up making our own date field in the Issue Scheme. You can use these as autotext reference when publishing files etc same as with the default built-in fields.

Re: Issue Date Autotext - Work in Progress

David Maudlin — Mon, 09 Sep 2019 12:56:41 GMT

Ling:

This is the snippet of code I use to substitute "W.I.P." for "Work in Progress":

If RevOrDoI = "Revision Manager" Then
	If LayoutRevHistoryDA[vardim1(LAYOUT_REVISION_HISTORY)][4] = "Work in Progress" Then ! 28
	Text2 0, -Text_Y*.5, "W.I.P."
	Else
	Text2 0, -Text_Y*.5, LayoutRevHistoryDA[vardim1(LAYOUT_REVISION_HISTORY)][4]
	EndIf
EndIf

It works correctly for the placed Object, but gives an error message "Unitialized variable at line 28 in the 2D script of file Revision Name and Date.gsm. (rev date)" when the Object Settings dialog box is opened. Line 28 is marked in the code. The Object is placed on a Master Layout. I never could figure a way to eliminate the error message, which is a minor annoyance.

David

Re: Issue Date Autotext - Work in Progress

Lingwisyer — Tue, 10 Sep 2019 03:15:14 GMT

David wrote:
This is the snippet of code I use to substitute "W.I.P." for "Work in Progress":

In what are you substituting this?

Ling.

Re: Issue Date Autotext - Work in Progress

David Maudlin — Tue, 10 Sep 2019 12:52:14 GMT

Lingwisyer wrote:

David wrote:
This is the snippet of code I use to substitute "W.I.P." for "Work in Progress":
In what are you substituting this?

It is from an Object I wrote from scratch to show only the Revision name and date. I think the information you are looking for is in line 28, so you can look at the script you are working on for the change you want to make. You could also try posting at the GDL Forum, they should know more about the than I do. As I said it works, but with an error message when the settings dialog box is open.

David

Re: Issue Date Autotext - Work in Progress

Lingwisyer — Tue, 24 Sep 2019 05:02:45 GMT

Just found out that your way is over complicated. You can used the stored value LAYOUT_CURRENTREVISION_OPEN then use the autotext <CURRENTISSUEDATE> if it is not true.

Ling.

Re: Issue Date Autotext - Work in Progress

David Maudlin — Wed, 09 Oct 2019 12:47:35 GMT

Ling:

Thanks for pointing out the LAYOUT_CURRENTREVISION_OPEN command. This code now works for me without the error message:

If RevOrDoI = "Revision Manager" Then
	If LAYOUT_CURRENTREVISION_OPEN = 1 Then
	Text2 0, -Text_Y*.5, "W.I.P."
	Else
	Text2 0, -Text_Y*.5, LayoutRevHistoryDA[vardim1(LAYOUT_REVISION_HISTORY)][4]
	EndIf
EndIf

David

Re: Issue Date Autotext - Work in Progress

Lingwisyer — Wed, 12 Feb 2020 03:59:51 GMT

Odd... I have this on my Master layout, and I am sure it used to work... but that is no longer so... Works when it is on the individual layout, but when on the Master, it is always returning 0 so I end up getting the longhand...

Ling.

Re: Issue Date Autotext - Work in Progress

David Maudlin — Wed, 12 Feb 2020 13:43:44 GMT

Ling:

Still works here (on Master Layout).

David

Re: Issue Date Autotext - Work in Progress

Lingwisyer — Thu, 13 Feb 2020 02:00:11 GMT

Turns out it was due to being located in a View placed on the Master Layout. Was sure it used work when I first made the object... Oh well, it is now directly on the Master.

Ling.