TBC Macros and Extensions

Hello Gary,

Had my first need to use this command today. Copied/created the group and layers as expected, however, the command also copied the members of the source layers as well. Is this intended? Did I do something incorrectly? If intended, would it be possible to add a checkbox in the macro to exclude the source group layer members and only copy the group, layer names and the layer properties? Thanks.

If the Replace Old Prefix box is checked before you enter the prefix with “^” you get this error message and TBC will shut down. Other wise it will work fine.

(Error 'startIndex must be less than length of string.

Parameter name: startIndex' while generating exception string)

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When using the "replace" option, the new layer group name will be displayed in the text box. If your text is at the end of the line, you still need to use the "^" character in addition to the replace option.

Example.

   Layer group name "Existing"

run command and enter "^-Phase2" for prefix text. That will create a new layer group named "Existing-Phase2"

If you then want to create another layer group from this one, enter "^-Phase3" and check the "Replace" option. This will remove the last seven characters (length of prefix string ignoring the ^ character) and then append the new string. You should now have a layer group named "Existing-Phase3".

The replace option is limited in that it only trims the same number of characters as the new prefix text.

What error message did you get?

Gary,     That will work to put the date at the end the first time, but if you check the box to replace the date for the second one you get this error message and it will remove from the front end text.

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If you put a ^ character as the first character in the prefix string, the

prefix will be put at the end of the old name.

Gary,     That is the idea I was thinking of, but I keep the dates on the end so the names line up in the view filter. Can this be changed to work from the end instead of the beginning?

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I have updated to TML so you can add suffix text instead of prefix text. It also now allows you to replace some of the text so changing the date should work (as long as same number of characters)

Was able to get the prefix on the end by switching it in the code. For more that one change is there a way to remove old date before the new prefix is added?

Is there a way to add the prefix to the end instead of the beginning. The layer groups that I make have the date on the end and when I have to make a new one the same  I just change the date on the end.

Looks like it will certainly be useful. Thank you. 

Will give it a shot and report back with any comments.