Is it possible to attach a note to a symbol?

[VvierA]

Hello,

I'd like to attach some notes to a symbol. For example, the date of creation or the creator. I don't want to attach a record because the information should be unchangeable and not assigned individually to each instance but permanently to the symbol.

Any hints?

Thank you

VvierA

[Jonathan Pickup]

What's wrong with attaching a record to the symbol? If you attach the record and fill in it, inside the symbol editing area, the same information will be attached to every instance of the symbol as you place it.

[VvierA]

Ah, ok. Didn't know that. Thank you again.

[Pat Stanford]

Two ideas I can think of if you don't want a normal record.

1. Use text in a hidden class

Benefits: Easily changed by the user

Problems: Easily changed by the user. Bounding box will grow larger.

2. Use a hidden record format

Benefits: Not easily changed by the user without a script

Problems: Not easily changed by the user without a script

It kind of depends on how you are going to use the info.

If you attach a record format as Jonathan suggests, you can then run a script that will make that format hidden. I think it is SetPrefBoolean(H1,900,False).

If you know the format name and fields you can still access them through a worksheet, but there is no easy way to get at the info otherwise without a script.

[VvierA]

@Jonathan

I tried it and now I know why it's not exactly what I was looking for:

The record information can accidently be changed by the user and afterwards it's not easy to find out, if any information has been changed.

@Pat

Option Nr. 1 is what I'm going for - I think. It looks the most like the solution I was looking for. My favourite was some kind of 'information or notes window' as a standard feature for every symbol. You shouldn't be to see that information as a user of the symbol but not be able to change it without entering some kind of 'edit symbol mode'.

Thank you both