I originally posted accidentally under "Corel Connect", instead of "Corel Draw X7." My apologies for any confusion.
I make sales drawings for a manufacturer. In these drawings I show both metric and imperial measurements. Example: 27' 8" [8433]. [ ] brackets are the metric conversion. What I normally do is use a conversion calculator someone made in Excel. I type the distance in Excel, then type the answer in CoreI. I would prefer it if Corel Draw could just do it. Maybe inside the tables tools, and I can hide the border lines. So as I type the distance in feet and inches, Corel will automatically insert the correct converted metric distance. I tried this with importing a table from Excel into Corel. It did sometimes work, but would Crash Corel constantly. I use Corel Draw Graphics suite X7. Drawings are not to scale, so measurements would be typed in.
OK, something was really messed up in that previous macro! I think the problem has been fixed in this version:
feetinches_mm(3).gms
In addition to fixing the wacky behavior, I also made a couple of changes to the way the userform works.
If I were using this, I'd be using the tab key. Type in feet, tab, type in inches, tab, hit the Enter key on the numeric keypad (or use the spacebar) to press the button. Tab again, and it's back in the feet box, ready to type in the next one.
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Mostly it is from marked up drawings. The only way I can see it being any quicker was if there was a way to pop in a table, with no borders showing. As I type in one cell, the conversion is done in another. I can then place these around the templates I use. Then I wouldn't have to even paste the text and from what you provided. I also wouldn't need to adjust font size. Just type what I am given and move on. I mainly only get the feet and inches.
KidCorel, you could just select your dimension line after running the macro then paste the result into the "suffix" box.
Eskimo, what about a macro based on the "QuickDimensions" one Shelby had made but also incorporate your calculations to automatically add the info to the suffix. That way you could select your shape, run the "QuickDimensions" macro and you'll end up with this
or perhaps Shelby is tracking this too.
Just a thought.