Hi again Jim, One more thing I want to mention for a potential scripter:
If you own a copy of Word, I have written an app which turns Word's VBA editor into a WE VBScript editor. It has a large number of advantages, but the main one is that you no longer have to remember all the WE object model properties and methods; this editor, if you declare your variables with types, will automatically display to you a list of properties or methods which are appropriate for where you are in your command line, after you type the period (the dot operator). So, for instance, if you declare a variable as type WindowEyes.window, then every time you type in the name of that variable and follow it with the dot, then you are presented a list of window object properties and methods. If you pick one of them from the list, then its name is inserted into your command. If you chose a property or method which is an object, say the clips object for example, and you then type the dot operator again, you are then presented with the list of properties and methods for the clips object (and so on). It's an enormous benefit to anyone who can't remember all the hundreds of properties and methods, and it works for other object types as well (scripting dictionaries or file system objects, etc.) The editor will also check all your commands for any syntax errors, any "if" statements which don't have the corresponding "end if", any variables you forgot to declare, etc. I don't know if it's better to start off with the editor or just using your memory and the documentation at first, but I thought I'd mention that this is available (it's called Office VBA and VBS Editor), and I have a series of four audio tutorials for anyone who wants to learn how to use the Word VBA editor and this app. Hth, Chip -----Original Message----- From: Chip Orange [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: Saturday, April 12, 2014 1:23 PM To: '[email protected]' Cc: [email protected] Subject: RE: Beginning App Developer Questions Hi Jim, You may know this of course, but in addition to the scripting list, there's an archive of a series of audio classes (and an accompanying text file of examples) at: https://www.gwmicro.com/App_Central/Developers/Interactive_Classes/ I hope you may find them helpful, and I'm glad to see another person interested in app development. Good luck, Chip -----Original Message----- From: Jim [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: Saturday, April 12, 2014 11:35 AM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: Beginning App Developer Questions Hi Mark, Thank you. I'll google for that list. Jim On 4/12/14, Marc Solomon <[email protected]> wrote: > Yes, the gw-scripting list is what you are looking for. > > Regards, > Marc > > Jim <[email protected]> wrote: > >>Hi, >>I've lerked here for a while, and noticed that there are questions >>about apps, but not about scripting them. Is there a different list >>that I should subscribe to for more technical stuff? >> >>Thanks. >> >>Jim >> >>-- >>e+r=o >>Skype: jim.homme > -- e+r=o Skype: jim.homme
