Ampersand

[bigvik]

Hello

I am trying to generate a note that reads exactly like this

DS-4000

HEAT NUMBER & PART NUMBER & SERIAL NUMBER

MUST BE MARKED PER RP TULSA PROCEDURE MK4000

So I introduce the following command :

    Child Note1 As :IvGeneralNote
        formattedText = "DS-4000<BR/><BR/>HEAT NUMBER PART NUMBER SERIAL NUMBER<BR/>MUST BE MARKED PER RP TULSA PROCEDURE MK4000"
        point1 = Point( 1.5, 5, 0)        
    End Child

The problem is that when I use the ampersand the note does not do the break, instead it generates a note in one line.

Other problem is that I cannot find a reference for the Pseudo-HTML language used for tags no don't know how to underline. I tried using the tag <U> and <U/> but it didn't work.

Any help would be appreciated.

Thank You.

[Chris.Palmatier · Accepted solution]

We're just passing the formattedText string straight to Inventor, so search the Inventor API/Programming Help for the "XML Tags for Formatted Text" topic. To get an ampersand, I think you need to use the XML code &amp; 

One thing to try is to create a dimension with the string you want using Inventor, and then incrementally adopt it and look at the formattedText parameter value. I say dimension since I don't think we support incrementally adopting general notes yet.