Field within block not updating

[montero1]

I've spent too much time trying to make this work. I need your help please.
I have a block with two fields assigned to pick up the value of an attribute within that same block. I change the value of the attribute. . . regen. . . .attsync. . . regenall. . . but my field value never changes from "----". I hope someone out there can tell me what I'm doing wrong.

[BlackBox]

Can you post the block?

[montero1]

I'm having trouble posting block. Adding attachment gives me an error.

[BlackBox]

I'm having trouble posting block. Adding attachment gives me an error.

That may be due to your being relatively new here; see if this helps?

http://forums.augi.com/showthread.ph...-in-the-forums

[cadtag]

Off the top of my head, that sounds impossible. In block editor, your fields would only point to an ATTDEF entity. One placed, they would need to point to an ATTRIB entity.

[libbybapa]

It is certainly possible. I have done so on many blocks. There are a few ways and a couple gotchas. If one attribute within a block is using an object field that is linked to the value of another attribute within the block you must make sure that 'Display value for block reference' in the bottom right is checked in the field window. A similar method that works is to define a user parameter, change Type to String and then within your attribute(s) use a BlockPlaceholder field that references the user variable. In either case, you need to 'jumpstart' the fields by adding either a dynamic action or by editing a user parameter. This will give the block occurrence a unique name and the fields will update with a regen. In the attached file I show both examples. The top one (AttEx2) uses a user parameter called 'ATT'. On insertion, change the value of ATT in properties and a regen will update the fields. The bottom one references the CENTER attribute. In it I added a Lookup at the top center. On insertion, you can click the grip and select 'JumpStart' (even though it is already selected) and then a regen will update the field values.

[montero1]

Blackbox: Thanks for that link. That helped my attachment problem.
Attached is the block I created. I want to enter a relay number and have the fields populate with that same number.

[libbybapa]

Here's your block back with the fields working. On a new insertion, you will need to select the block, select the move grip and then select a point to move it to (it can be the point where it currently is) to jumpstart the fields. Regen will then update with a relay number change.

[libbybapa]

I would add that if you make a tool palette tool from the block, the tool will insert the block already 'jumpstarted'.

[montero1]

I see what you did, but I don't want those fields to be an attribute definition. I would like it to be just plain text. I will have up to 20 instances of that relay number, and I would rather not see the 19 other "TAGs" and "PROMPTs" in the block attribute editor dialog box. I hope that makes sense.