- In ArcMap, right-click the layer in the table of contents that you want to hatch and click Properties.
- Click the Hatches tab.
- If necessary, follow steps 3 through 15 for hatching features in a layer.
- Click the hatch definition of your choice.
- Make sure the Label these hatches check box is checked.
- Click Label Settings.
- Click Build a text expression.
- Click Expression.
- Check Advanced.
- Type a VBScript or JavaScript expression. Find an example VBScript in About manipulating the text on hatches.
ArcMap automatically creates a FindLabel function in your code. FindLabel should evaluate to a string.