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iLogic to Combine Text and Existing Parameter - Similar to Excel concatenate

wtriplett — Tue, 23 Mar 2021 14:18:33 GMT

Hi - I am new to iLogic and hopefully there is a simple answer to this post.

I am trying to create a new parameter called LabelPart by adding "AA-" to an existing parameter called PartNumber

If the PartNumber were 0001 the new parameter LabelPart would be AA-0001

I have looked through the forums and can't seem to find a way to solve this.

I appreciate any help.

Re: iLogic to Combine Text and Existing Parameter - Similar to Excel concatenate

A.Acheson — Tue, 23 Mar 2021 15:21:46 GMT

@wtriplett

I think you can concatenate like this without iLogic in an iProperty?

Formatted text is the term for linked parameter in ilogic. It is a difficult subject so you really have to read every customization forum post to get a sense of what’s happening, also if you search in the API help you will likely get a sample in VBA to work with. If you have this moved over to the customization forum it will likely get more views.

Do you want this new parameter in the template file? What type of text are you looking to use the formatted text in general note, leader, view label etc ?Unfortunately it needs to be targeted into an object of some kind!

Can you provide a couple of screenshots this would help?

An example of how this would work, although not perhaps your solution a lead in to the topic.

https://forums.autodesk.com/t5/inventor-customization/ilogic-insert-text-parameter-into-a-text-field/td-p/9730434

Re: iLogic to Combine Text and Existing Parameter - Similar to Excel concatenate

johnsonshiue — Tue, 23 Mar 2021 20:57:19 GMT

Hi! The syntax should be similar to VB.Net. You can use '+' to combine strings or text parameters like the following.

LabelPart = "AA-"+PartNumber

Many thanks!

Re: iLogic to Combine Text and Existing Parameter - Similar to Excel concatenate

wtriplett — Wed, 24 Mar 2021 12:18:28 GMT

Thank you @johnsonshiue

I used the following:

LabelPart = "AA-" & PartNumber