Problem updating fields

[Maxelkat]

I'm using a batch process to change a the date of a library of drawings from 00/00/00 to a field which shows the save date.

Using the Chtext lisp file, I've used a find and replace to replace 00/00/00 with

%%

However, it is displayed as the code %

Unfortunately the library of drawings is about 100,000 big, so I need to find an automatic solution. REGEN, REGENALL, UPDATEFIELD, don't work, because they don't view it as a field until I click on it.

Any ideas anyone?

 

Maxelkat

[JPlanera]

Interesting, I am able to get it to work... upon replacing my text, it displays #### then a regen updates the date...

 

Would you mind posting your code?

[Maxelkat]

Hi JPlanera,

Sorry for not responding - I didn't know I'd had a response as my notification landed in my spam folder!

This is the code I'm using. It does the same thing whether I enter it manually or let the batch program do it.

It displays the first part of the field code: %

Regen doesn't do anything.

If I click on the text it immediately becomes a field and displays the save date as expected.

 

 (load "Chtext")
Cht
All

T
G
00/00/00
%<\AcVar SaveDate \f "dd/MM/yy">%

_regen
_Qsave

 

Thanks

Elliott

[JPlanera]

Try it this way.....

 

(load "chtext")
CHGTEXT
ALL

00/00/00
%<\AcVar SaveDate \f "dd/MM/yy">%
UPDATEFIELD
ALL

REGEN
QSAVE

[Maxelkat]

I'm still having the exact same issue. Is it because I'm running such an old version of AutoCAD?

[JPlanera]

Its entirely possible... As a test, what happens if you manually step through the commands at the command line? Do you still need to click on the field?

[Maxelkat]

Yes, it's the same if I do it manually.

The text will be in exactly the same place on each drawing - using ddedit I can get the batch program to 'click' on the text, but I can't get it to escape out of the command using script - do you know of any way?

[JPlanera]

Lets try this.... Instead of using CHT, use DDEDIT instead. If you can get the batch to activate the text, then just use ddedit to replace the text with the %% string... again, this works for me. I will investigate other options in the mean time

[JPlanera]

Or instead of find/replace, do a FIND ERASE create field.....