Electronic – Altium PCB Parameter Live Updating Issue

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I have two PCBs open at the same time… one of them live updates parameter strings (i.e. '.Print Date') as soon as I place them, the other just shows the meta text. However the 'broken' one still outputs to PDFs/Gerbers correctly. I've hunted furiously for a solution but Google has failed me this time. Any ideas?
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Best Answer

For Altium 17, in your PCB, when you up the View Configurations and select View Options, you'll see an option that says Convert Special Strings.

See: Documentation for more information.

I cannot seem to find it Altium 18, so I think it might always be enabled.

According to the their documentation, it is always enabled.

The Convert Special Strings option has been removed since the string is always displayed; if null, then the parameter name is displayed.

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