Topic: DI1-PAGER, a complete application and helper macro (1 of 3), Read 43 times, 1 File Attachment Conf: VEDIT Macro Library From: Christian Ziemski Date: Sunday, August 24, 2003 05:31 AM Developed from the macro DI1-SCROLL.VDM in the previous thread "Scrollable text in DI1() for big dialogs" I created DI1-PAGER.VDM. The macro now gets the text to display from a file of any length. That text can be divided into "paragraphs" which are displayed one after another (forward/backward). Every paragraph can have an optional label which is additionally displayed in the title of the dialog window. If a paragraph is longer than a configurable number of lines, it is split into parts while being paged through. Calling the macro with a label as an additional parameter lets the display start at that label. A typical call could be: Reg_Set(103, "C:\Data\Infotext.txt") Reg_Set(104, "Usage") Reg_Set(105, "Optional title overwriting the title from file") Call_File(Reg_Free, "DI1-PAGER.VDM") If the macro is executed without filling T-Reg 103 as parameter it displays the online help with the same technique. So it's easy to try it out. Since the macro uses Dialog_Input_1() it requires VEDIT for Windows. Christian

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Topic: DI1-PAGER, a complete application and helper macro (2 of 3), Read 24 times Conf: VEDIT Macro Library From: Peter Rejto Date: Wednesday, March 03, 2004 08:18 AM Hello. Christian, I was looking for your Dialog_Input1 tutorial but could not find it. So, I am taking the liberty of asking my tutorial question here: Do I remember correctly: In the old days I was advised to find a fre text register with the command #104=Reg_Free , in order not to overwrite a given T-reg. I was looking for such a protection in one your macros and could find any. In other words, can I put any value for "r" in the Dialog_Input1("r",....) macro? May be Vedit takes care of all the protection issues for me. Thanks, -peter. P.S. Do I understand it correctly? Fritz uses this macro of yours to run his Tex Help System.

Topic: Re: DI1-PAGER, a complete application and helper macro (3 of 3), Read 23 times Conf: VEDIT Macro Library From: Christian Ziemski Date: Wednesday, March 03, 2004 11:57 AM On Wed, 03 Mar 2004 08:18:00 -0500, Peter Rejto wrote: >I was looking for your Dialog_Input1 tutorial but could not find it. What tutorial? I only posted a DI_1()-Demo in the thread "Demo for the brilliant Dialog_Input_1() command" and two tools in the threads "Scrollable text in DI1() for big dialogs" "DI1-PAGER, a complete application and helper macro" All in this conference. >Do I remember correctly: In the old days I was advised to find a fre text >register with the command > >#104=Reg_Free > >, in order not to overwrite a given T-reg. Preserving other's data is always good, yes. That is one possibilty. >I was looking for such a protection in one your macros and could find any. ??? Do you mean "and could not find any." ? May be. In demos there often is only little security and preservation. And in my other macros I may have used Reg_Push and Reg_Pop to save values. Or have used registers which could be overwritten. Or so... Peter: *** Please be more detailed/concrete in your questions. *** You are often speaking in riddles. And then it's very hard to answer (and often too hard at all). >In other words, can I put any value for "r" in the Dialog_Input1("r",....) >macro? That depends on your macro... >May be Vedit takes care of all the protection issues for me. No, absolutely not! You have to code your macros by yourself to be save! VEDIT is a nice platform for macros but has no AI built in (yet). Christian