topic Re: ArcMap VBScript in ArcGIS Companion Questions

ArcMap VBScript

ShaningYu — Mon, 24 Dec 2018 16:25:14 GMT

I need to display Label w/ 2 fields' values like that [_PID] & "/" & [_NAME]. Its VBScript looks like that below:

[_PID] & "/" & [_NAME]

But if [_PID] == [_NAME], I only need to display [_PID]. I tried the VBScript below:

Function FindLabel ( [_PID] )
dim newString as string
newString = ""
if [_PID] == [_NAME] then
newString = [_PID]
else
newString = [_PID] & "/" & [_NAME]
end if

However, I receive error: "Carriage returns are not allowed in simple expressions".

How this problem can be fixed? Thanks if you can help.

Re: ArcMap VBScript

ShaningYu — Mon, 24 Dec 2018 16:45:12 GMT

Changed to

Function FindLabel ( [_PID], [_NAME] )
if [_PID] <> [_NAME] then
FindLabel = [_PID] & "/" & [_NAME]
else
FindLabel = [_PID]
end if
end function

Then it works. Thanks for your review.

Re: ArcMap VBScript

KenBuja — Wed, 26 Dec 2018 18:57:16 GMT

In VBScript, you'll always get an error if you instantiate a variable as a specific object like this:

dim newString as string‍

You have to just do that like this:

dim newString ‍