String functions in ProE relations?

[jamestl]

Like others in this forum, I'm having issues with ProE's inability to wrap text when that text comes from a parameter.


However, I figure that if there are string functions available for use in relations, I can use those to split a long parameter (my part title)into multiple parameters.


I know it's probably too much to hope for, but are there string functions in relations in ProE? I see no documentation for them, but that doesn't always mean they don't exist...

 

[vlad1979]

I think it can be done using extract and string_length.


see this for an example of how to extract characters:


[url]http://www.mcadcentral.com/proe/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=34 850&PN=1[/url]

 

[jamestl]

Thanks for the tip. Knowing now what to look for, I found the following useful string-related functions in the documentation:
<UL>
<LI>string_length([parameter name]) returns the lengthin charactersof the string contained by [parameter name]</LI>
<LI>itos([parameter name]) converts an integer value to a string. Nonintegers are rounded off. Zero values are returned as empty strings.</LI>
<LI>search([parameter name], [substring])returns the position of [substring] within the string contained by [parameter name]. Returns zero if not found.</LI>
<LI>extract([parameter name], [position], [length]) returnsa string of [length] characters fromthe string contained in [parameter name], starting at [position]. </LI>[/list]