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WP-Mac Macro Question

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From: Andy Perrin
Date: Mon, 20 Apr 1992 20:33
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I'm writing a macro for WP-Macintosh to allow users to download data from the
mainframe and use it as a secondary merge file.  The algorithm works fine, I'm
just working on file handling now.

Right now, the user has to type the full pathname of their primary and
secondary files into a dialog box in order for the macro to be able to locate
them.  However, if it can't locate them it pops up a neat variation on the File
Open dialog box, with the heading File Find.  It then lets the user locate
where the file they want is located - perfect.  That way the user doesn't have
to be able to type the entire path name.

Problem.  When the command is Open Document, it works great.  But when the
command is Convert and Open, the Find File dialog box comes up great and allows
the user to select the path, but it bombs ('Macro terminated due to ERROR')
once it tries to use the file.

Any ideas, anyone?

--Andy Perrin
Swarthmore College Computing Center
aperrin1@cc.swarthmore.edu 
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