Mtext string in group 1 does not match text shown or in property window.

[shawndoe]

Hi,

I have a routine that looks for an MText date stamp and replace the old date with a new date.  The problem is some MText strings appear encrypted.  Below is an example:

{\\H1.121x;\\C1; \\LFY 2011-12\\l \\H0.6252x;04-30-11} This is what I should get when I extract the string (as shown in Property window)

(1 . "\\pxi-2.1818,l4.3636,ql,t4.3636;{\\fSymbol|b1|i0|c2") is what I get when I extract the group code.

Anybody know what is going on?  I'm running AutoCAD 2012 on Windows 7.

Thanks for the help.

Shawndoe

[pbejse]

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@shawndoe wrote:

Hi,

I have a routine that looks for an MText date stamp and replace the old date with a new date.  The problem is some MText strings appear encrypted.  Below is an example:

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Anybody know what is going on?  I'm running AutoCAD 2012 on Windows 7.

Thanks for the help.

Shawndoe

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That is odd, can youi post here the MTEXT drawing in question.

[vladimir_michl]

Please note there can be multiple "group 1" sections in MText entities. For the explanation of MText control codes go to http://www.cadforum.cz/cadforum_en/text-formatting-codes-in-mtext-objects-tip8640

Vladimir Michl, www.cadstudio.cz