WordPerfect 8 for Windows 95 Advanced Macro Programming: A Learning Guide

The Definitive Guide to WordPerfect 8 Macros

by J. Jeppson

This volume includes information on the new commands in WPWin 8, and the syntax changes for many of the commands. The Macro Applications include tools for finding Version Info, System Info, and Macro Info.

Table of Contents:

Introduction

1. Introduction to PerfectScript Macros
2. Product Commands
3. Using Informational Prompts (PROMPT, MESSAGEBOX, BEEP, PAUSE, PauseKey, etc.)
4. Variables (ASSIGN, LOCAL, GLOBAL, PERSIST, EXISTS, DISCARD, arrays, etc.)
5. Getting and Using User Input (GETSTRING, GETNUMBER, MENU, etc.)
6. Expressions and Mathematical Operators (Bitwise comparisons, FRACTION, INTEGER,etc.)
7. Parsing Strings (STRLEN, SUBSTR, INDIRECT, STRPOS, etc.)
8. Converting Variable Types (NUMSTR, STRNUM, etc.)
9. Looping Routines (LABEL, GO, FORNEXT, ENDFOR, REPEAT, UNTIL, etc.)
10. Decision-making and Branching (IF, ELSE, ENDIF, SWITCH, CASE, etc.)
11. Playing other Macros from within a Macro (NEXT, CHAIN, CALL, etc.)
12. Procedures and Functions (PROCEDURE, FUNCTION, USE, INCLUDE, etc.)
13. System Variables (GetData, the system variables)
14. The Date and Time Commands
15. Number To Character Values (NTOC, CTON)
16. Using Application Interface Dialogs
17. Custom Dialog Boxes
18. The Dialog Editor
19. Dialog Callbacks
20. Dynamic Link Libraries
21. Handling Error, Cancel, Not Found and User-defined conditions
22. Controlling Windows
23. The File and Directory Commands
24. Storing Information in the Registry, INI, or BIF files
25. Troubleshooting your Macros
26. The PerfectScript Utility

Appendices

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