Titleblock date attribute

[Anonymous]

Hello,

I am currently working on updating our AutoCAD templates/titleblocks. What I would like to be able to do is save our titleblock in the dwt file I have created, which isn't an issue. What I am running into is one of the attributes in my titleblock is the date. I currently have it as a field which references the "date created". This is where my problem lies, it seems as though this field references the date the dwt was created as opposed to the date that any dwg is created using the dwt. What I would like to happen is when I start a new drawing, the date field is filled in with that day's date, and remains that day's date even if the drawing is worked on in the future. 

Any input is appreciated 

[JeffatPrimex]

Sounds like you would have to find a field that reference the date the file is created. If I recall I could not find one when I set up my title block years ago. We have since created tools to generate our drawings from excel and it puts the date in an attribute def. We also use last date plotted on the edge with the path and file name which is really useful.

Best regards,

Jeff

[Sea-Haven]

You dont want a field as it will update, change it to just text and read the current date run say as you do 1st save. Have template say with the attribute blank. (getvar 'date) You could code if blank update else No.