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Article #309Re: Quattro Pro for windows: QUESTION
From: Tom J Parry
Date: Tue, 26 Jan 1993 05:49
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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Newsgroups: comp.apps.spreadsheets,comp.os.ms-windows.apps Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!sparky!uunet!munnari.oz.au!bruce.cs.monash.edu.au!monu6!yoyo.cc.monash.edu.au!parry From: parry@yoyo.cc.monash.edu.au (Tom J Parry) Subject: Re: Quattro Pro for windows: QUESTION Message-ID: <1993Jan26.054952.2644@monu6.cc.monash.edu.au> Followup-To: comp.apps.spreadsheets,comp.os.ms-windows.apps Originator: parry@yoyo.cc.monash.edu.au Sender: news@monu6.cc.monash.edu.au (Usenet system) Organization: Monash University, Melb., Australia. References: <1993Jan25.102847.10549@ktibv.uucp> Date: Tue, 26 Jan 1993 05:49:52 GMT Lines: 22