special codes in text

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RowlandCarson
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special codes in text

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Thorsten - I regularly use the “^52” code in a text box to show the file name in a drawing, but I have not found any situation where the codes “^50” (system date) or “^51” (system time) would be useful to include in a drawing.What I _would_ find very useful instead is a way to display the date, time or full timestamp showing when the file was last saved. Is there any possibility of adding such a code?Incidentally, I have just noticed that the code only works if it is the _only_ text entered. If anything else is aded to the entry box, the code displays as ^52 instead of the filename. This is not a particular problem for me, but I wondered if it is a bug or a feature!Using CADintosh X v8.0.1 build 182, running OS X 10.9.5 on MacBook Pro (2.66GHz core i7, 8GB RAM).in friendshipRowland: Rowland Carson ... that's Rowland with a 'w' ...: <rowlandcarson@gmail.com> http://www.rowlandcarson.org.uk: Skype, Twitter: rowland_carson Facebook: Rowland Carson: pictures: http://picasaweb.google.com/rowlandcarson
thorstenlemke
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Dear Rowland,thanks.I add that to the wishlist.Thorsten Thorsten - I regularly use the “^52” code in a text box to show the file name in a drawing, but I have not found any situation where the codes “^50” (system date) or “^51” (system time) would be useful to include in a drawing.What I _would_ find very useful instead is a way to display the date, time or full timestamp showing when the file was last saved. Is there any possibility of adding such a code?Incidentally, I have just noticed that the code only works if it is the _only_ text entered. If anything else is aded to the entry box, the code displays as ^52 instead of the filename. This is not a particular problem for me, but I wondered if it is a bug or a feature!Using CADintosh X v8.0.1 build 182, running OS X 10.9.5 on MacBook Pro (2.66GHz core i7, 8GB RAM).in friendshipRowland
RowlandCarson
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Re: special codes in text

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Thorsten - any progress on the wish-list item below?in friendshipRowland On 24 Oct 2014, at 22:25, Thorsten Lemke lemke@lemkesoft.de [cadintoshmac] <cadintoshmac@yahoogroups.com> wrote:> Dear Rowland,> > > thanks.> > I add that to the wishlist.> > Thorsten>> >> >> Thorsten - I regularly use the “^52” code in a text box to show the file name in a drawing, but I have not found any situation where the codes “^50” (system date) or “^51” (system time) would be useful to include in a drawing.>> >> What I _would_ find very useful instead is a way to display the date, time or full timestamp showing when the file was last saved. Is there any possibility of adding such a code?>> >> Incidentally, I have just noticed that the code only works if it is the _only_ text entered. If anything else is aded to the entry box, the code displays as ^52 instead of the filename. This is not a particular problem for me, but I wondered if it is a bug or a feature!>> >> Using CADintosh X v8.0.1 build 182, running OS X 10.9.5 on MacBook Pro (2.66GHz core i7, 8GB RAM).>> >> in friendship>> >> Rowland> > > : Rowland Carson ... that's Rowland with a 'w' ...: <rowlandcarson@gmail.com> http://www.rowlandcarson.org.uk: Skype, Twitter: rowland_carson Facebook: Rowland Carson: pictures: http://picasaweb.google.com/rowlandcarson
thorstenlemke
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Dear Rowland,sorry, not yet.Thorsten Thorsten - any progress on the wish-list item below?in friendshipRowland
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Dear Rowland,I rechecked.The current 8.1.2 has is already:^53 last save date^54 last save timeYou can now also combine multiple ones into one text like:This docs was last saved on ^53 at ^54 Thorsten > > Thorsten - any progress on the wish-list item below?> > in friendship> > Rowland
RowlandCarson
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Re: special codes in text

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On 25 Sep 2015, at 18:49, Thorsten Lemke lemke@lemkesoft.de [cadintoshmac] <cadintoshmac@yahoogroups.com> wrote: > The current 8.1.2 has is already:> ^53 last save date> ^54 last save time> > You can now also combine multiple ones into one text like:> This docs was last saved on ^53 at ^54 Thorsten - that’s perfect, thank you, I’ll download and try it (using 8.1.1 now). I had looked in my archives of the list for an answer but couldn’t find any since I made the request - sorry to have bothered you again.in friendshipRowland: Rowland Carson ... that's Rowland with a 'w' ...: <rowlandcarson@gmail.com> http://www.rowlandcarson.org.uk: Skype, Twitter: rowland_carson Facebook: Rowland Carson: pictures: http://picasaweb.google.com/rowlandcarson
RowlandCarson
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Re: special codes in text

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On 25 Sep 2015, at 18:49, Thorsten Lemke lemke@lemkesoft.de [cadintoshmac] <cadintoshmac@yahoogroups.com> wrote: > Dear Rowland,> > I rechecked.> > The current 8.1.2 has is already:> ^53 last save date> ^54 last save time> > You can now also combine multiple ones into one text like:> This docs was last saved on ^53 at ^54 Thorsten - I’m now using the latest version and find that the codes above work as you describe.I note that the format of the displayed date corresponds to the system preferences for medium date.My preferred short date format is 2015-10-23, which I’d like to see in the drawing; initially in the drawing I saw 23 Oct 2015 which was my medium date format. I have changed the system preference for medium date to 2015-10-23 and the drawing now reflects that.I wonder if there is a convenient way to identify or choose which date format (short, medium, long, full) is used by CADintosh for these strings. I imagine there might be other folk who’d want to use different date presentations.in friendshipRowland: Rowland Carson ... that's Rowland with a 'w' ...: <rowlandcarson@gmail.com> http://www.rowlandcarson.org.uk: Skype, Twitter: rowland_carson Facebook: Rowland Carson: pictures: http://picasaweb.google.com/rowlandcarson
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