Hi Doug, The way I do this is by making sure that the text that should be replaced is surrounded by a special character, eg. [ ].
Now I can search the different text blocks for these characters and replace them and their name with the decired variable: "This is a certified copy of amendment sheet IPA [VAR1] amending the Transitional Planning Scheme for the Shire of Livingstone adopted at its meeting held on [VAR2]. Notice of the amendment...... Printed by [USERID] / [DATE]" My program now seaches this text block and finds the following texts: [VAR1] [VAR2] [USERID] [DATE] Of course the is some build in wisdom, so that the program knows what to replace some of the texts with: [VAR1] = "" [VAR2] = "" [USERID] = "PEM" [DATE] = "2000.02.28" Now all the found text are presented to the user in a dialog, where they can be changed: [VAR1] = "What ever" [VAR2] = "What ever again" [USERID] = "PEM" [DATE] = "2000.02.28" And finally the program starts replacing the found text element in the text block: "This is a certified copy of amendment sheet IPA What ever amending the Transitional Planning Scheme for the Shire of Livingstone adopted at its meeting held on What ever again. Notice of the amendment...... Printed by PEM / 2000.02.28" I hope this has given you some inspiration! Peter ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Peter Horsbøll Møller, GIS Udviklingskonsulent / GIS-Developer Kampsax A/S - GIS Software & Solutions Rugaardsvej 55, 5000 Odense, DK tel: +45 6313 5013, dir:+45 6313 5008, fax: +45 6313 5090 mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] www.kampsax-gis.dk and www.kampsax.dk Authorized MapInfo Partner & Distributor in Denmark and Norway. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Klik ind på http://www.kortal.dk og se det hele lidt fra oven! ----- Videresendt af Peter Møller/Kampsax - 28-02-2002 08:27 ----- "Doug Pease" <[EMAIL PROTECTED] Til: "MapInfo List" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> au> cc: Sendt af: Vedr.: MI-L MI - Variables in a text block [EMAIL PROTECTED] onsmag.com 26-02-2002 23:55 Besvar venligst til "Doug Pease" Hi all, I am trying to work out the best way to use variables in a text block from with a MBX application. The text block would be as follows: "This is a certified copy of amendment sheet IPA " + variabletext + " amending the Transitional Planning Scheme for the Shire of Livingstone adopted at its meeting held on " + anothervariable + ". Notice of the amendment...... etc etc What would be the most efficient way to put this text into a text block within a layout from within a MBX. I have created a dialog box which gets the variables from the user but am unsure of how best to actually add variables to the text and insert it into the layout. Any suggestions gratefully accepted. Doug Pease GISO Livingstone Shire Council P.O. Box 600 YEPPOON 4703 Australia Ph 07 49399957 Fax 07 49393290 _______________________________________________________________________ List hosting provided by Directions Magazine | www.directionsmag.com | To unsubscribe, send e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] and put "unsubscribe MapInfo-L" in the message body. _______________________________________________________________________ List hosting provided by Directions Magazine | www.directionsmag.com | To unsubscribe, send e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] and put "unsubscribe MapInfo-L" in the message body.
