topic Re: Truncate Dynamic Text Field in Mapping Questions

Truncate Dynamic Text Field

ChrisWhyte — Thu, 04 Apr 2013 01:59:09 GMT

Hey Guys,

It'd be useful to be able to display only certain parts of a text string displayed by dynamic text.
As an example, I'd like to be able to shorten the MXD name for display in the title block.

mxd name: MapRegion_8893.mxd

Properties of the text field in title block:
Map Region <dyn type="document" property="title"/>

Displays: Map Region MapRegion_8893
Id like: Map Region 8893

Any Ideas?

Re: Truncate Dynamic Text Field

ChrisWhyte — Fri, 05 Apr 2013 00:00:53 GMT

Thanks for the reply, we were hoping to eliminate this step as it often gets forgotten (we do hundreds of these maps).

I found an ArcGIS idea for it which leads me to believe it cant be done currently, thanks anyway!

http://ideas.arcgis.com/ideaView?id=087E00000004FLM&returnUrl=%2Fapex%2FideaList%3Fc%3D09a300000004xET%26category%3DFederal%2BGovernment