Legend Text Escape Sequences

Text items in legends may contain values in square brackets [ ] that will be filled in with automatically-generated text whenever the legend display is refreshed.

 

Escape sequences supported by all legend items:

 

[Component]

Component name.

[Computer]

Windows name of the computer.

[Coordinate System]

The coordinate system of the component (same as [Projection]).

[Date]

Current date in short date format specified in Windows Regional Options. A typical Windows default is 8/27/2003.

[Datum]

Datum used in the coordinate system of the component.

[Day]

Current day in the month, from 1 to 31.

[Description]

Component description (accessible through the Properties dialog for the component, via the context menu for the component in the project pane).

[Hour]

Current hour, from 1 to 24.

[Filename]

Name plus extension of the project file. In a new project, will be empty until the project is first saved.

[File Path]

Fully qualified name of the project file. In a new project, will be empty until the project is first saved.

[File Title]

Title of the project (displayed in the main window title). Before a project is saved for the first time will be a system generated name such as Project1. After the project is saved, will be the same as the project file name without the .map extension.

[Long Date]

Current date in long date format specified in Windows Regional Options. A typical Windows default is Wednesday, August 27, 2003.

[Minute]

Current minute, from 1 to 60.

[Month]

Current month, from 1 to 12.

[Month Abb]

Current month as a three-letter abbreviation, such as Aug.

[Month Name]

Current month name, such as August.

[Projection]

The coordinate system of the component (same as [Coordinate System]).

[Second]

Current second, from 1 to 60.

[Time]

Current time in format specified in Windows Regional Options. A typical Windows default is 3:41:08 PM.

[Unit]

Unit used in the coordinate system of the component.

[User]

User login running Manifold.

[Weekday Abb]

Current weekday as a three-letter abbreviation, such as Wed.

[Weekday Name]

Current weekday name, such as Wednesday.

[Year]

Current year.

 

 

Escape sequences for area, label, line or point formats:

 

[Column]

Name of the column used in thematic format.

[Type]

Object type name, such as Areas, Lines, Points or Labels.

[Type / Column]

Object type name, with name of the column used in thematic format, if any.

 

 

See Also

 

Adding Legends

Legends