I'm setting up an published arcreader file, and was searching for a way to add a date/time stamp to the printed map. Is there a way to add a dynamic text box to a published pmf file that will show the date that the map was opened?
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Only by using an OLE Object (MS Word with Date and Time) when published the object becomes static. |
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I've not got access to Publisher to test at the moment but "The Publisher Map Title is a single text element" so perhaps try putting some dynamic text formatting into it like: Do this before you publish the map and it may carry through to the PMF (but no guarantees). |
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While kind of kludgy, I have been able to get dynamic text into a published map (.pmf file) using ArcGIS 9.3.1 and MS Access. Note that while it works for published maps, it won't work for packaged/exported maps & datasets. As a read-only viewer on a company network, it works well. Briefly, I create a point shapefile with one data point falling somehwere in my final layout viewframe. I symbolize the point to be transparant and/or not visible. I create a single attribute field with a unique ID. In MS Access I create a new db with a single table and a single view/query. The table has a single field with the same value as the unique ID for the shapefile - to be able to join. The query is built to include the unique ID as well as a current date calculation. The SQL text looks like this... "SELECT DateLink.ID, Now() AS CurDate FROM DateLink". Back in ArcGIS the shapefile is joined to the query, adding a CurDate field to the shape. Lable the point with the CurDate value. As this is pulling from a query, it's dynamic. This lable link is preserved when the project is published to PMF. Every time the layout view in the published document is refreshed, the CurDate value is updated. |
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