BlueCielo Meridian Enterprise 2017 Configuration Guide

Formatting attribute date values 

Meridian stores date information so that it can be formatted according to the Windows locale settings of users. This may not be the format that you want used in drawing title blocks. If not, you can format the date values that are synchronized with AutoCAD attributes and MicroStation tags.

To format an attribute date value:

1. In Configurator, expand Environment in the configuration tree and select Application Link Settings. The settings for each link appear in property pages in the right pane.
2. Click the AutoCAD tab. The AutoCAD link’s settings page appears in the right pane.

3. Click the Edit button to modify the settings.

   Tip    To export the settings file to a location outside the vault, click the Export button. This can be useful if you would rather edit the file in your favorite text editor. You can then copy your changes to the Clipboard and paste them into Configurator.

4. Locate the section in the file that begins with the block name surrounded by square brackets, for example, [MyTitleBlock] and locate the TitleBlockDateFormat setting. If the setting does not exist, you can create it. The value of this setting is options that specify how to format date and time values synchronized with attributes using the following format:

   TitleBlockDateFormat = D{<DateFormat>} T{<TimeFormat>}

   The date and time format options are described in the following tables. The following example formats dates like 11/03/2003:

   TitleBlockDateFormat = D{dd/MM/yyyy}

   The following example formats dates as 03-Mar-11.

   TitleBlockDateFormat = D{yy-MMM/dd}

5. Edit the value of TitleBlockDateFormat to meet your requirements.
6. Click OK to save your changes.

' BlockName - Block name passed from the AutoCAD link
' AttrName - Attribute name passed from the AutoCAD link
' DateStr - Attribute value passed from the AutoCAD link 
' Result - Converted value to save as the document property value

Function DateTimeConvertorFunc(BlockName, AttrName, DateStr, Result)
   On Error Resume Next
   'Perform your date/time conversion here
   Result = DateValue("25.06.2013")
   'Return whether or not to use Result
   DateTimeConvertorFunc = True
End Function

The following table describes the date format options.

The following table describes the time format options.