Linking notes?

Hi!

I'm having problems with linking notes in a drawing template.

When using "SW-Created Date' the result is 'Thursday, August 19, 2004 8:54:12 AM'.
How can I make it look like 'SW-Short Date'; '8/19/2004'?

Also, is it possible to link a note to the user's login name?


Thanks for your time!
/Anders

 

I use DbWorks to care of these things, but how to display the date is set in
"regional options" in the control panel, I'll see if I can get back with how
to deal with login name later on

Krister L

 

I have always wondered how to do this also. I just tried this solution, and
it doesn't do exactly what bagarnx (and myself) was wanting. He was wanting
the created date to be displayed as mm/dd/yyyy. Instead, the closest to
that the regional options will do (in WinXP anyway) is MMMM/dd/yyyy. Plus,
SW tags on the time also which was not desired.

 

Well....as I said I use DbWorks to take care of this.....and maybe there is
another setting inside there...was quite a while since we did this so I'm
not really sure, think I'll have a look later on. I myself use yyyy.mm.dd
for my drawing creation date.

Krister

 

I use a macro to set the date when a new drawing is created automatically.
SW leaves something to be desired here.

Q: WHO REALLY WANTS A LONG CREATE DATE IN THE DRAWING?????
A: NOBODY. who really cares what time of the day a drawing was created? COME
ON!!!!!

 

Well.....just found out You can type in what ever display You want.....if
You want 08/19/2004....just type it in into the regional property option,
and use / as a date separator....just be sure to pick "SW-short date" in the
link to property box

Krister L

 

Sorry....You should of course type in MM/dd/yyyy....not the date .....but
You already guessed...eh
and it sure works also in WXP

Krister L

 

That is cool. Didn't know you could do that... You can do this in the
short date and long date of the regional property option.

The only other problem now is that the "SW-Created Date" in the link to
property box still tags on the time. You can not use "SW-short date"
because this always displays the current date, not the created date. There
needs to be a "SW-Created Date" and a "SW-Created Date & Time".

 

It should be pretty simple... try this:

1. Click Note.
2. In the PropertyManager, click Link to Property.
3. In the dialog box, select SW-Short Date.
4. Click OK.

 

He needs a SW-CreateDateShort but it doesn't exist. If I were smarter I
would Hi-Jack this functionality and write my own links.

Corey

 

As I stated in my reply to Krister, this shows the current date, not the
created date. This is the date format bagarnx is looking for though.

 

Just had a look in the help files and there is a "SW-created Date" depending
on regional settings. A long shot would be to type in the short form on the
long format line....if that one is not used anyhow

Krister L

 

FIrst of all, thanks for your responses!

Now, if I do as Krister L said, what would happen if someone opened
the drawing in another computer?
Wouldn't the date look different then?

As Corey Scheich stated, SW-CreateDateShort would be optimal.

No ideas on linking to the Windows login name?

/Anders

 

No ideas on linking to the Windows login name?

Not a CHANCE
This I took care of using API also.

Corey

 

Are you using VB macro?
If so, how did you "get" the login name?

/Anders

 

Yes here it is I can't remember who gave me this example but it has worked
quite well here.


' Declare for call to mpr.dll.
Declare Function WNetGetUser Lib "mpr.dll" _
Alias "WNetGetUserA" (ByVal lpName As String, _
ByVal lpUserName As String, lpnLength As Long) As Long

Const NoError = 0 'The Function call was successful
Public UserInitials As String


Sub GetUserName()

' Buffer size for the return string.
Const lpnLength As Integer = 255

' Get return buffer space.
Dim status As Integer

' For getting user information.
Dim lpName, lpUserName As String

' Assign the buffer size constant to lpUserName.
lpUserName = Space$(lpnLength + 1)

' Get the log-on name of the person using product.
status = WNetGetUser(lpName, lpUserName, lpnLength)

' See whether error occurred.
If status = NoError Then
' This line removes the null character. Strings in C are null-
' terminated. Strings in Visual Basic are not null-terminated.
' The null character must be removed from the C strings to be used
' cleanly in Visual Basic.
lpUserName = Left$(lpUserName, InStr(lpUserName, Chr(0)) - 1)
Else

' An error occurred.
'MsgBox "Unable to get the name."
End
End If


' Display the name of the person logged on to the machine.
MsgBox "The person logged on this machine is: " & lpUserName
End Sub

Regards

Corey Scheich

Are you using VB macro?
If so, how did you "get" the login name?

/Anders[/QUOTE]

 

That worked perfectly!
Thank you!

/Anders