a parameter for weight in drawing format

[thlavinka]

Hello,

is it possible to push the parameter (&MASS:FID_381) in frm to show the weight always only with one simp. ref.?

Thanks in advance

T.

[hhagedorn]

it is 2 years ago, ... but i have the same case here. To show the weight it isn't the problem, but to show only 2 digits after the point doesn't work. The writing style [.2] well known to me. It doesn't work inside the frame.

Is there any help?

[BenLoosli]

If the weight parameter is in a table cell for the title block, &weight[.2] works for me.

I have not tried it as a standalone note.

[StephenW]

You comment "inside the frame", maybe you mean as part of the format?

If you are using parameters in the format, use a table in the format.

[hhagedorn]

Hello to all :-),

thanks for your quick answer.

I don't know why, but fortunately it works well.

I tried it serveral times, but it doesn't operated.

I reckon it was a blank character betwenn the Parameter and the [.1].

So now it works fine!

Thanks!

[Dale_Rosema]

Don't forget to mark your answer as the correct solution.

[hhagedorn]

Sorry I'm not the creator of this posting, so I can't?

[KenFarley]

A way to do it might be to define a text parameter, then build the resultant number as a text string using relations. For example, if "massreal" is the numeric parameter and "masstext" is the string representation of it, you could get two decimal places with the following:

IF massreal < 1.0

  masstext = "0."

ELSE

  masstext = floor ( massreal ) + "."

ENDIF

masstext = masstext + EXTRACT ( ITOS ( 100 * ( 1 + massreal - floor ( massreal ) ) ), 2, 2 )

You then use the "masstext" parameter in the table, etc.