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Unicode characters not resolving in fields

hencoop — Wed, 13 Jan 2021 16:15:16 GMT

Hi all,

I have to use the unicode character \U+0023 (#) in the SSM because using the # character cause issues. I have done this successfully up until now. My problem is not with the SSM, it works well there. The problem I'm having is in TEXT objects where I use a field containing this unicode character.

While the text is being edited it displays the resolved character # but when I leave the text editor the display reverts to \U+0023 which is also how the text is plotted.

Do you know why this is happening?

Re: Unicode characters not resolving in fields

hencoop — Wed, 13 Jan 2021 22:01:11 GMT

Update:

This only happens with TEXT objects. It does not happen with MTEXT or MULTILEADER objects.

Autodesk? I need your help on this.

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Re: Unicode characters not resolving in fields

JTBWorld — Thu, 14 Jan 2021 17:43:44 GMT

I can reproduce this in the latest AutoCAD version so it seems like a bug or lack of feature. Use Mtext instead of Text as a workaround.

Re: Unicode characters not resolving in fields

hencoop — Thu, 14 Jan 2021 18:15:27 GMT

@JTBWorld Thank you for testing this. I have eliminated the # (\U+0023) from the Subset name in my Sheet Set. The text is program generated and it would be too much trouble to change it to create MTEXT; however, that is the best way to keep the unicode.

Re: Unicode characters not resolving in fields

JTBWorld — Thu, 14 Jan 2021 19:09:28 GMT

Try copy this character ＃ and use it. Note that the font style must support it so you might need a true type font.

Re: Unicode characters not resolving in fields

hencoop — Thu, 14 Jan 2021 19:56:10 GMT

@JTBWorld the SSM does not play nicely with that character. When it’s used the sheet index, for instance, will break at the # and put what follows with the next item in the table.

Re: Unicode characters not resolving in fields

JTBWorld — Thu, 14 Jan 2021 19:59:15 GMT

Note how these are two different characters. # is not working but ＃ will work.