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    Default Replace /P with a Space

    I have a DText entity that uses a Field to copy the contents of an MText entity into other areas of a title block. I need to replace the \P from the MText with a space.
    Example:
    What I get = WATER COURSE\PGENERAL LAYOUT
    What I need = WATER COURSE GENERAL LAYOUT

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    Default Re: Replace /P with a Space

    Any reason why the DText with a field entity can't be changed to an MText entity with a field?

    or edit the length of the MText being referenced by the Dtext field such that the text in the Mtext will auto wrap and not need a manual line shift.

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    Default Re: Replace /P with a Space

    The MText shows large print in a box of the title block and the DText needs to show the same value in smaller lettering along a single line on the title block border. The small text runs up the side of the border, vertically. There is only enough space for the smaller text to show a single line. Title block is from a government standard.

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    Default Re: Replace /P with a Space

    Ah, and you're trying to use the DText as a way to remove the line shift in the MText. I think I get it now.

    Edit the MText and use a Shift+Enter for the line shift. It puts a different character in the MText that the DText reads as a space.

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    Default Re: Replace /P with a Space

    Guess that will have to do for now. Would be better if there was something the Field code could do. I can see drafters making mistakes with this workaround.

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    Default Re: Replace /P with a Space

    Yea, its not ideal for sure.

    You mentioned that these fields are related to a titleblock and sheet border. Are these values being manually entered on each sheet or are they being supplied by the sheet set manager?

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    Default Re: Replace /P with a Space

    I take it that your Mtext appears on 2 lines & you want the Dtext to be 1 line. If you remove the hard break in the Mtext (don't hit enter to create the sencond line of text) & change the width of the Mtext so that you have 2 lines, the Dtext will not have the /P in it. /P is the code for a hard bread in the text & the field is reading it.

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