Rename a Free text

[trathgeber]

Hello,

I want to rename Free texts in my Diadem Report, because i do not want to have the same names all the time, like text1, text2, text3,...

My question is, if it´s possible, where?! It would be much easier to work with it...

Thanks for any answer,

Thomas

[Christian_S]

Hi Thomas,

unfortunately you cannot rename an existing REPORT object.

But you're able to specify a name for a new object when creating it via script:

Call GraphObjNew("FreeText", "MyText1")

Call GraphObjOpen("MyText1")
  '------------------- Text -----------------------------
  TxtTxt           ="My Text 1"
  TxtFont          =""
  TxtSize          =3
  TxtColor         ="black"
  TxtColorRGB      =33554432
  TxtBold          =0
  TxtItal          =0
  TxtUndl          =0
  TxtStrOut        =0
  TxtFrame         =0
  TxtBackColor     =""
  TxtBackRGB       =0
  '------------------- Position -----------------------
  TxtPosX          =50
  TxtPosY          =50
  TxtAng           =0
  TxtRelPos        ="cent."
Call GraphObjClose("MyText1")

'Call GraphObjDelete("MyText1")

Perhaps a solution for you is:

1. Create the texts interactively

2. Press Ctrl+A in the configuration dialog to get script code

3. Change the object names in the script

4. Recreate the objects by running the script with added GraphObjNew commands

Hope that helps,

Christian

[inversion]

Im having the same issue here... this has driven me crazy for the last day or so, it wouldnt hurt to implement a dialog on creation of a "free text" to name it.. or perhaps make it changable in the properties window of the free text object. It is a bit shocking to me that this basic functionality was overlooked, or is there a good reason for it? 

Its not very free is it.. as the name implies. 

How do I edit the scripts in DIAdem anyhow? On the reports tab -> toolbar -> scripts (F1, F2 etc...) If i right click on one of the buttons, "edit" is greyed out!?