Variable text in symbol

[jharroun]

I have created a symbol that is much like a table, 5 rows and 2 columns, with variable text. My problem is, when editing the variable text it is not in the same order as the rows on the table. Is there a way to reorder the different variable text fields? View attachment 1354
Edited by: jharroun

 

[jayuy]

you can modify the grouping of your symbol, remove and reselect the text in order sequence..hope it helps...


jayuy

 

[jharroun]

I'm not sure I understand what you mean. I don't have any groupings in this symbol, only variable text. I edited my first post and included a screen dump of the symbol and the attributes dialog box. As you can see the order of the variable text is not the same as on the symbol. Just to be sure, you can't pick the text to make it variable, you enclose in backslashes, right? If that is right, how does Pro decide what order to list all the variable text? I tried deleting all the backslashes and adding them again from top to bottom on the symbol, but that didn't work. Any answers, suggestions, clues, etc. would be greatly appreciated.

 

[jharroun]

Alright, I found a work around here. I had to move each piece of variable text around in the symbol to match the order that appears in the definition attributes box. Seems so obvious now...
I logged a call with PTC and talked to someone within a couple of hours. The guy I talked to however, was useless. Third time I have logged a call, and the third time they were absolutely no help.
Watching this thread over the last couple of weeks, I saw that people were reading, but not responding. I am not complaining about this. It justmade me wonder if I had a problem that stumped everyone, or was my question hard to understand. You know, was it more of a "huh, I don't know that one" or like "what the hell is that guy talking about?"

 

[dr_gallup]

There are always far more reads than responses. Hard to say exactly why but I think it is mostly "I don't know the answer" 'cuz in this case, I don't know the answer.

Your solution seems a good one. I have the same problem with tables in drawing formats, different size formats prompt for the input in different order even though they have the same parameters in the same places.