Adding a variable to an item of rich text

[Nigel Lorriman]

Hello

Apologies for this very basic question...

I want to display an item of text on each page of my presentation with a mixture of fixed text and a variable. Something like...

"This product is © 1990-2022" where 2022 is the current year and therefore changes automatically.

I can see that I am able to make a script to display this on a user click as follows...

current_year = system.GetDate (6)
Dialog.Message("The product is © 1990-",current_year)

but am missing a trick when it comes to displaying this message at all times on each page.

Any assistance would be appreciated.

[Ulrich]

If the text is being shown in a Label object, you can set the copyright notice with something like

Label.SetText("MyLabel", "This product is © 1990-" .. System.GetDate(DATE_FMT_YEAR));

If the copyright notice needs to be part of a Rich Text document, then you would need to update the content of the document itself, replacing a placeholder text with the actual current year.

Ulrich

[Nigel Lorriman]

Thank you Ulrich

If I create a Label object there's nowhere to enter the script, except as a result of a user click. Placing the script where the object text is, simply displays the script as text.

[herrin]

check this

msg.apz

[Ulrich]

You would need to place the script in the On Preload or On Show event scripts, so the Label object receives the new caption as soon as the object is displayed, without the need of user interaction.
If you do not see the page events, make sure that the option "Show Events" is checked:



Place the script I suggested into the desired event and test.

Ulrich

[herrin]

using rich text


msg_rew.apz

[Nigel Lorriman]

Thank you both. Perfect. All set up.

[Nigel Lorriman]

[herrin]

@Nigel Lorriman
sorry if I allow myself .... slightly more professional