AutoText not working

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2006-02-14
12:17 AM
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2023-05-19
04:04 PM
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Gordana Radonic
1560 Broadway, Denver CO 80202
This string is displayed in all Master Layouts:
<STREET>, <CITY> <COUNTRY> <CODE>
We've never had this problem before, but now it is consistently happening on different machines and all new PM files. I've tried deleting/retyping the necessary text into the Layout Book Info box. I even cut/paste this text string from a "working" PM file into a new file, but still no luck. All other AutoText entities are working fine.
In a hurry, no time to post screen shot -- any ideas? LJY
AC27 US (5003) on Mac OS Ventura 13.6.2
Started on AC4.0 in 91/92/93; full-time user since AC8.1 in 2004

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2006-02-14 01:11 AM
Look at the Autotext codes inserted on a section marker in ArchiCAD - They start with PmA. Try that and you should get what you want.
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2006-02-14 02:53 PM
Laura wrote:Laura:
Instead of the following:
1560 Broadway, Denver CO 80202
This string is displayed in all Master Layouts:
<STREET>, <CITY> <COUNTRY> <CODE>
In a hurry, no time to post screen shot -- any ideas? LJY
Has this information been filled in under Book>Book Info... ? Just a guess.
David
www.davidmaudlin.com
Digital Architecture
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2006-02-14 04:12 PM
David wrote:Yes it has.
Has this information been filled in under Book>Book Info... ? Just a guess.
Well... came in this morning and now all is as it should be (I had tried a cold reboot yesterday as part of my attempts to remedy the situation, and this too did not help). All I have gleamed from this is it had something to do with more than one AutoText entity in a single line of text. Thanks for the help, LJY.
AC27 US (5003) on Mac OS Ventura 13.6.2
Started on AC4.0 in 91/92/93; full-time user since AC8.1 in 2004

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2006-02-25 11:51 PM
Aaron wrote:The autotext codes in section and detail markers are fake. They have no actual bearing on what Plotmaker does. I abbreviated our custom markers to <DR> and <SHT> so they did not look so obnoxious.
Does the code not require something to say where this data is coming from?
Look at the Autotext codes inserted on a section marker in ArchiCAD - They start with PmA. Try that and you should get what you want.
Thanks to Mr Lohden for that little trivia....
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2020-02-12 01:32 AM
However, you can select any static Label and CTRL-click on any element and the Label will become associated to that Element, and display the Element ID properly.
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