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Re: Quattro Pro for windows: QUESTION

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From: Tom J Parry
Date: Tue, 26 Jan 1993 05:49
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Richard van der Veen (rvdv@ktibv.uucp) wrote:
>     {GetLabel Number of Copies, _Copies}

> where _Copies is a named cell. Now I want to use the _Copies name in one
> of the following statements, which should be like:

>     {Print.Copies _Copies}

> The result is

>     Invalid number {Print.Copies}
>     (Cell Address)

> How can you use named cells in such macros ??

You could use a self-modifying macro that creates the {Print.Copies line
with the string equivalent of _Copies in it, just before executing it. I've
used similar tactics before to get around some macro inadequacies.

-- 
Tom J Parry.
Your reality is a figment of my imagination.
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Subject: Re: Quattro Pro for windows: QUESTION
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