The Annotation Text Token Table

This feature applies to the text annotation objects that support tokens, namely the following:

$image\sqrblit.gif$ ANNOBJECT_AUTOMATION,

$image\sqrblit.gif$ ANNOBJECT_BUTTON,

$image\sqrblit.gif$ ANNOBJECT_NOTE,

$image\sqrblit.gif$ ANNOBJECT_TEXT,

$image\sqrblit.gif$ ANNOBJECT_TEXTPOINTER,

$image\sqrblit.gif$ ANNOBJECT_STAMP,

A token is a special text string that can be translated into another more meaningful text string. For example, a user may wish to display the current date or the name of their company in their text annotations. Rather than type out the date or the name of the company, a text token can be typed instead.

Tokens are two-character strings of the form:

#{any character}

Any token (except for ##) can be defined to mean anything. LEAD defines the following set of constants to represent functions that can be mapped to any token.

ANNTOKEN_NONE	[0] String not treated as a token
ANNTOKEN_SEPARATOR	[1] Add a separator to the automation token menu
ANNTOKEN_TEXT	[2] A text string
ANNTOKEN_DATE_YYYY	[3] Current four digit year
ANNTOKEN_DATE_YY	[4] Current two digit year
ANNTOKEN_DATE_MM	[5] Two digit representation of current month
ANNTOKEN_DATE_DD	[6] Two digit representation of current day
ANNTOKEN_DATE_MONTH_NAME	[7] Current month name (for example, January)
ANNTOKEN_DATE_DAY_OF_WEEK	[8] Current day of week (for example, Monday)
ANNTOKEN_TIME_HH_12	[9] Current hour,using a 12 hour clock
ANNTOKEN_TIME_HH_24	[10] Current hour, using a 24 hour clock
ANNTOKEN_TIME_MM	[11] Current minute (00-59)
ANNTOKEN_TIME_SS	[12] Current second (00-59)
ANNTOKEN_TIME_MILLISECONDS	[13] Current milliseconds (000-999)
ANNTOKEN_AM_PM	[14] Time of day indicator (AM or PM)

LEAD defines a predefined text token table that you can use, or you can define your own. The predefined text tokens table is listed below.

Default Text Token Table

#Y	"Four digit year"
#y	"Two digit year"
#M	"Two digit month"
#d	"Two digit day"
#N	"Month Name"
#D	"Day of week name"
#h	"Current time: 12-Hour (01-12),
#H	"Current time: 24-Hour (00-23),
#m	"Current time: minutes"
#s	"Current time: seconds"
#f	"Current time: milliseconds "
#t	"Current time: AM or PM"
##	"#"

The text token table is displayed in the automation text dialog. The following figure displays the default text token table.

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The default annotation text token table can be easily changed using the following functions:

LAnnAutomation::ClearTextTokenTable

LAnnAutomation::DeleteTextTokenTable

LAnnAutomation::EnumerateTextTokenTable

LAnnAutomation::GetTextExpandTokens

LAnnAutomation::InsertTextTokenTable

LAnnAutomation::SetTextExpandTokens

Use LAnnAutomation::ClearTextTokenTable to remove all tokens from the text token table.

Use LAnnAutomation::DeleteTextTokenTable to delete a text token from the annotation text token table.

Use LAnnAutomation::EnumerateTextTokenTable to examine the contents of the annotation text token table.

Use LAnnAutomation::GetTextExpandTokens to get the text expand token property of an annotation.

Use LAnnAutomation::InsertTextTokenTable to insert a text token into the text token table.

Use LAnnAutomation::SetTextExpandTokens to set the text expand token property of an annotation.

Additionally, you can define your own user-defined text tokens. User-defined text tokens can consist of new text strings, or any combination of existing text tokens. The following figure displays a user-defined text token table.

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