PerfectScript Journal
 
October 1997 Macro Q&A 

Editing Controls in the Dialog Editor 
Q. I have WordPerfect 7 for Windows 95. When I want to click and drag a control in my user-defined dialog in the Dialog Editor, the Properties dialog appears. I can't just click a control to size or position it. Why does this happen? Shouldn't I just be able to click and drag a control?  

A. This problem was introduced to WordPerfect 7 for Win 95 when you applied the Corel Care CD. You should go to Corel's website at ftp://ftp.corel.com/pub/wordperfect/wpwin/70/!index.htm and download the patch. To determine which patch you need, click Help > About from the WP menu. Write down the numbers listed for the Program realease and PerfectFit release. At the Corel web site, find the patch that supports your release, download and install it.  


CHAIN command not working 
Q. I have a macro that I want to automatically run when the first macro is completed. I've used the CHAIN command to specify the macro to be run, but it just isn't working. What might be wrong?

A. There is probably a QUIT or a RETURN command somewhere in the first macro. When a QUIT is invoked, macro execution simply quits, and not nested or chained macros will be run. If a RETURN command is invoked, and there is not a command such as CALL to return to, it acts like a quit also.


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