Commands for Text Styles and Fields

Use these commands and system variables to use fields and styles in text notes and labels.

Commands

• FIELD Creates a multiline text object with a field that can be updated automatically as the field value changes.
• PROPERTIES Controls properties of existing objects.
• STYLE Creates, modifies, or specifies text styles.
• TEXT Creates a single-line text object.
• UPDATEFIELD Manually updates fields in selected objects in the drawing.

System Variables

• CTABLESTYLE Sets the name of the current table style.
• FIELDDISPLAY Controls whether fields are displayed with a gray background.
• FIELDEVAL Controls how fields are updated.
• FONTMAP Specifies the font mapping file to be used for substituting fonts.
• TEXTSTYLE Sets the name of the current text style.

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Commands for Text Styles and Fields