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DIW_CADtech

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darn create date.. need in uppercase in titleblock
« on: December 17, 2013, 02:53:55 PM »
I'm trying to post the create date in an attributed title block, but I need it in upppercase..

I have before inserted a field with the create-date.. very easy.. but now I need it in uppercase.
I can't seem to achieve this through the field editor

I have tried this diesel expression, but it returns some other date FEB 23, 1996
easy enough to change the code to post the whole month, but it's posting incorrectly..
I have no idea where that date comes from, but it's not the creation date of the DWG.

d-expression
$(upper,$(edtime, $(getvar, tdcreate),MON. DD YYYY))

tdcreate = creation date??   
is there a different variable? 

I have tons of dwg's it's rediculous to type this in on every one..

the plan was to fix this in the title block then drop in the revised title block to each of the files.  I could script this.

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ronjonp

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Re: darn create date.. need in uppercase in titleblock
« Reply #1 on: December 17, 2013, 03:22:55 PM »
Try something like this: %<\AcVar CreateDate \f "MMMM dd yyyy %tc1">%
I just pulled the uppercase info from the Author Field: %<\AcVar Author \f "%tc1">%
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Re: darn create date.. need in uppercase in titleblock
« Reply #2 on: December 17, 2013, 03:46:38 PM »
I thought there was a a button for formatting.  Will have to check later.
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DIW_CADtech

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Re: darn create date.. need in uppercase in titleblock
« Reply #3 on: December 17, 2013, 03:50:37 PM »
ronjonp..
YOUR MY HERO

I dropped that in.. then double clicked on it and it gave me this in the field for create date
%tc1MMMM dd yyyy

works.. don't care how.. but it works...
THX.
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ronjonp

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Re: darn create date.. need in uppercase in titleblock
« Reply #4 on: December 17, 2013, 03:58:51 PM »
ronjonp..
YOUR MY HERO

I dropped that in.. then double clicked on it and it gave me this in the field for create date
%tc1MMMM dd yyyy

works.. don't care how.. but it works...
THX.


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Re: darn create date.. need in uppercase in titleblock
« Reply #5 on: December 17, 2013, 04:11:02 PM »
I thought there was a a button for formatting.  Will have to check later.
Well dose that not beat all.  They drop the ball on that one.

Sweet catch Ronjonp!
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Re: darn create date.. need in uppercase in titleblock
« Reply #6 on: December 17, 2013, 10:09:49 PM »
I thought there was a a button for formatting.  Will have to check later.
Well dose that not beat all.  They drop the ball on that one.

Sweet catch Ronjonp!


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