topic Re: Autotext in Publisher / Merged folder shortcut to PDF in Documentation

Autotext in Publisher / Merged folder shortcut to PDF

NateLumen — Wed, 30 Apr 2025 15:28:45 GMT

Here's a question: I am using the publisher to create multiple multi-page PDFs. I have each PDF in one publisher set and have selected "Merge to one PDF file" at the bottom. This is great, so far. The question is, if I wanted to name each *multi-page PDF* with autotext....is that possible? If I select "Rename Items" I get the option to rename each layout in the set with autotext, but if I select "Rename Folders", I don't get this option.

Looking for something like YYMMDD-Project Name-Folder Name (date being today's date). How would you do this?

Thanks!

Operating system used: Mac Apple Silicon Sonoma 14.5

Re: Autotext in Publisher / Merged folder shortcut to PDF

Nathan Hildebrandt — Tue, 29 Apr 2025 00:17:28 GMT

I don't think it is possible. The way I name my single merged PDF files when I publish them is to change the name (date) of the file at the publisher set properties dialogue box. It doesn't solve your problem but you can have the back end of the file named the first time you do it, then just manually change the date before I publish each set.

Regards Nathan

Re: Autotext in Publisher / Merged folder shortcut to PDF

Barry Kelly — Tue, 29 Apr 2025 00:37:08 GMT

What happens if you manually type the autotext that you want?

i.e. <SHORTDATE>

You can't add autotext from a list, but you can type it.

Here is a list somewhere of the autotext commands.

https://help.graphisoft.com/AC/28/INT/index.htm?rhcsh=1&rhnewwnd=0&rhmapid=#t=_AC28_Help%2F070_Documentation%2F070_Documentation-69.htm&rhsearch=autotext&rhhlterm=autotext&rhsyns=%20

Barry.

Re: Autotext in Publisher / Merged folder shortcut to PDF

Nathan Hildebrandt — Tue, 29 Apr 2025 00:40:17 GMT

It doesn't work at the file naming level. 😥

Re: Autotext in Publisher / Merged folder shortcut to PDF

Barry Kelly — Tue, 29 Apr 2025 00:46:25 GMT

I just tried (version 22).

Seems to work fine.

And the published file ...

Barry.

Re: Autotext in Publisher / Merged folder shortcut to PDF

Nathan Hildebrandt — Wed, 30 Apr 2025 15:35:45 GMT

Yes at the Rename folder level, not at the Publisher name level.

Re: Autotext in Publisher / Merged folder shortcut to PDF

MitchD — Wed, 30 Apr 2025 15:36:24 GMT

it does if the folder is a shortcut from the layout book. my DA set for example, is as follows:

Re: Autotext in Publisher / Merged folder shortcut to PDF

Barry Kelly — Tue, 29 Apr 2025 01:03:45 GMT

OK.

The original poster said he was renaming folders.

I never save as a single file, always as 'real folder structure'.

Then I don't have to give the file a name, it comes from the publisher folder structure.

Barry.

Re: Autotext in Publisher / Merged folder shortcut to PDF

Nathan Hildebrandt — Tue, 29 Apr 2025 01:22:31 GMT

Interesting to see the different approaches to achieve an outcome. Coming from someone that saves all of their PDF's as a single file from the front dialogue!

Re: Autotext in Publisher / Merged folder shortcut to PDF

NateLumen — Tue, 29 Apr 2025 15:32:36 GMT

Thanks @Barry Kelly! This is the trick I was looking for.

Re: Autotext in Publisher / Merged folder shortcut to PDF

NateLumen — Tue, 29 Apr 2025 15:47:46 GMT

Ok, so Barry's solution is great. The new issue is that for a folder (subset) shortcut, I can't see a way to use autotext for the folder/subset name, which is a key aspect of the naming we use. <SUBSETID> and <SUBSETNAME> both just show up as #SubID and #Subset Name. I'm guessing these are more targeted toward the parent subset of a layout, but I would have guessed they worked for the subset itself. Any idea how to get the subset info in as autotext?

Re: Autotext in Publisher / Merged folder shortcut to PDF

NateLumen — Tue, 29 Apr 2025 15:58:42 GMT

I am seeing this post from a couple years ago with somebody encountering the same problem with subset autotext. I guess it hasn't been fixed yet.

Re: Autotext in Publisher / Merged folder shortcut to PDF

NateLumen — Tue, 29 Apr 2025 17:14:41 GMT

For anyone following along, it looks like this issue has been fixed in Archicad 28!