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I use the below script to edit a datalinq text field that is pulling user names from facebook. So John Doe becomes John D. This script works perfectly but for some reason if I make the text field static, the script stops working and I'm not sure why. Anybody have any advice... Thank you.

dim first as string
dim last as string
first = Split(Text," ",2)(0)
'grabs first name
last = Split(Text," ",2)(1)
'grabs last name
last = Left(last,1) & "."
'trims last name to just the first letter and adds a period
text = first & " " & last
'outputs the first name and the trimmed last name

I pasted that script onto a scene with only a single static text object, and played the scene through the sequencer and it worked fine.
I suspect something more complicated in your scene is preventing it from working. Try what I did and let me know your results.
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Thanks Brian. I did just that and you're right it worked on the sequencer side. It didn't occur to me to send it to the sequencer. I usually generate the scripts on the layout and double-click the scene to send it to program to see if script is working. Weird though that on the layout side, the script only seems to work if the text field is datalinqed. But sending to the sequencer the script worked perfectly on the static text.

Thank you for your help.
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Putting a scene online through layout does not call OnSetText scripts. They only get called when new text is assigned to the object (which happens when datalinq changes the value, or when the sequencer assigned the published template data into the scene).

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