[SOLVED] How to display shape data from shape A on shape B

[Steven_Hughes]

I am working on creating a shape for use in network drawings. I used two boxed adjacent to each other with on rotated 90 degrees to the adjacent box. I grouped them together to form a single shape and created a shape data sheet with fields containing all of the info.

I need to display one field in one box and two other fields in the perpendicular box. However when I try to insert the field the list of shapedata fields to insert is blank. The second box is using its own shape data which is blank. I do not want users to have to click on two seperate boxes to look at the shape data for this object.

How can I display the shape data from the parent object in two seperate text boxes in my shape?

Thanks,

[Yacine]

Hi Steven,
You can't insert "Shape data" of a foreign shape directly from the options given, you need instead to insert a formula.
This formula should look like: MyOtherShape!prop.field1,
where MyOtherShape would be "shape." followed by the number displayed in the shape data window when you select this target shape. eg: "shape.1"
field1 would be the name of the custom property, you want to display.
Hope that was clear enough,
Yacine

[Steven_Hughes]

That worked like a charm.

THANKS!!!

[rainman]

Hello,

How does this work when the shapes are in a group. How you can the data from the group in one of the muliple sub shapes in the group?

Regards

[Yacine]

Edwin,
The shapes in groups are displayed as well in the drawing explorer tree. Just unfold the groups.
These sub-shapes are addressed the same way as top level shapes.

[rainman]

Hello Yacine,

I don't know the "Sheet.xx". I have have given a name to my shape. So instead of "Sheet.xx" if have "square" as a name.


Is there a function I can you the name and not the "Sheet.xx" ?

Regards

[Yacine]

open the shapesheet of shape and you'll see it's name in the title bar.(Developer mode must be switched on)
The matter with modified name is that if you make a copy of it, it will get the modified name plus it's ID (square.2).
for visio it will be the same to write square.2 or sheet.2