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Stacking labels from within a single attribute field

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02-17-2012 04:28 AM
JamesSiddle
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Hi

Its been touched on in some of the archived posts, but I can't seem to get this to work.

I want to label some points using the contents of a single text field. I'm familiar with using vbnewline for doing this with seperate fields, its quite simple. But i'd like to be able to stack labels based on inserting a symbol of some description (e.g.  '/' or '*') into the single field

E.g. :

"Started 2010 / under construction / still waiting on management approval" to look like this:

Started 2010
under construction
still waiting management approval

I found the following vbscript example in an archived thread:

Function FindLabel ( [myField] )
FindLabel = Replace( [myField], "/", vbCrLf)
End Function


But the expression editor says that using the Replace command is incorrect.

Help?

Thanks
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AlexeyTereshenkov
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Hi,

I've just tested using the script code you've posted and it works fine. I use ArcGIS 10 SP3. What's about you?

The workflow I use is: Layer Properties > check the Label features in this layer check box. Click the Expression button > check the Advanced check box > copy the code into the Expression text box. This is it. I guess you have not checked the Advanced option, so the parser cannot be used. Also make sure that the VBScript is used for Parser: option.

Function FindLabel ( [FieldName] )
FindLabel = Replace( [FieldName] , "/", vbCrLf)
End Function
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JamesSiddle
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thanks for your reply

i've tried running it again, but made sure all of my fields in the column had something in them, and it worked fine. I think it was coming up with the error because there were some null values.

Thanks
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AlexeyTereshenkov
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Awesome, James, glad it played out well.
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MarkBoucher
Honored Contributor
I recently ran across a label script that wraps text: http://arcscripts.esri.com/details.asp?dbid=12607

It looks like it counts characters and finds spaces so that the wrap starts in a logical place. You can adjust the length of the wrap. If your data have a typical length and are in one field, this might work. If your data have variable lengths, what you have would likely work better.
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