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Adding text blocks

Does anyone know how to add new text blocks in Skill without calling a script? I am running an interactive command so calling a script is not an option.
axlSetParam doesn't allow me to add a text block although I can alter existing text block parameters this way (despite the documentation).

Originally posted in cdnusers.org by Dave Elder

archive over 19 years ago

Don't know if you can do it directly with Skill. But perhaps you can have your Skill function fprintf the script you need, execute the script using an axlShell call and then get rid of the script file.

Originally posted in cdnusers.org by AshCan
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archive over 19 years ago

I'm looking for this function too~~~

Originally posted in cdnusers.org by leonlee
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archive over 19 years ago

Thanks, That's what I do. However it doesn't work within an interactive function and I can't use "general" because I get too many crashes. I may have to revert to creating text by drawing lines. Ugly!

Originally posted in cdnusers.org by Dave Elder
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archive over 19 years ago
I don't know if this will work in an interactive command but you might want to try,

Export a plot file containing recognizable text

Import the plot file scaled (this will create new text blocks)

Find the recognizable text

Get the text block number of the text

Modify text block as needed

Of course all of this needs to be done using scripts...

Another way could be to use a script to change the text block and put a command to restart your interactive procedure. (The trick is finding a way to save your data from one instance of the command to the other using attachments)

Originally posted in cdnusers.org by natebizu
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archive over 19 years ago

yes, we can add new textblock by inporting scaled plot file.
But the max textblock number is 64.
And, if you modify an existed textblock, you will destroy this kind textblock's text.

Originally posted in cdnusers.org by leonlee
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