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CTAB fields

cR3d74 — Tue, 28 Aug 2018 21:54:55 GMT

Apologies right off the bat, i probably should already know how to do this and I hope that I can be clear enough to explain.

I am xrefing a border with job specific text and a CTAB reference that numbers my sheet according to my current tab description.

Now for the question, How do I create a reference that will separate a text string from number string inside of my current layout tab description. (example: "C2.1- Preliminary Site Layout") How do I have my tab named this and use MTEXT Fields for page numbers and Sheet Titles??? I have been digging for an answer all day and this is my last resort when it should have probably been first.

Many Thanks

c Ray Walker

Re: CTAB fields

pbejse — Wed, 29 Aug 2018 05:24:48 GMT

@cR3d74 wrote:

..How do I have my tab named this and use MTEXT Fields for page numbers and Sheet Titles???

With Diesel expression field value

example:

epending on the maximum number of characters for the sheet number

"C2.1      Preliminary Site Layout"
"C2.10     Times of your life"
"C10.101   Batman and Bane showdown"

$(substr,$(getvar,ctab),1,10)
will always give me
	C2.1
	C2.10
	C10.101

$(substr,$(getvar,ctab),11)
	Preliminary Site Layout
	Times of your life
	Batman and Bane showdown

That should work for you that is if you don't mind having all those white space on the layout tab.

Refer to the attached sample file.

HTH

Re: CTAB fields

cR3d74 — Wed, 29 Aug 2018 14:41:32 GMT

Thank you for the help... seems like that is exactly what i was wanting.

Re: CTAB fields

cR3d74 — Wed, 05 Sep 2018 14:33:57 GMT

OK, two quick questions.

first off thanks for the diesel expression help, extremely helpful

question 1

how do i write the expression now to remove the C from C4.0?

question 2

can you point me to the best tutorial for learning more about the field command and diesel expressions writing?

Re: CTAB fields

pbejse — Thu, 06 Sep 2018 19:23:50 GMT

@cR3d74 wrote:

question 1

how do i write the expression now to remove the C from C4.0?

$(substr,$(getvar,ctab),2,9)

@cR3d74 wrote:

question 2

can you point me to the best tutorial for learning more about the field command and diesel expressions writing?

As for Field & Diesel expression, you can start by reading thru the links below

Fields Dialog

D I E S E L Dumb Interpretively Evaluated String Expression Language

Field Eval system variable <-- Your other question.