WordPerfect Advanced Macro Programming: A Learning Guide

The Definitive Guide to WordPerfect Macros

by Julie Jeppson

This volume is very similar to my WordPerfect 8 book, but drops coverage of commands that are considered obsolete in WP9 and beyond. There is also a chapter on VB Script macros. WP9, 10, 11, and 12 are almost exactly the same as far as macros go, so this book should work fairly well for those versions.

The included Macro Applications contains macro 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 and Arrays (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
27. VB Script in WordPerfect

Appendices

Ordering Information

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