Then again, you wouldn't expect a Word-VIEWER to do spell-checking,
grammar-checking, new tables etc. for you, would you (what I'm really saying
is: Works as designed?).
;-)
Peter
Peter Ketting
GIS Consultant
> -----Oprindelig meddelelse-----
> Fra: Dan Munson [SMTP:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
> Sendt: 10. december 1999 23:54
> Til: Mats Elfstr�m; [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Emne: MI Re: Intelligent Use of ProViewer
>
> Matts,
>
> As you & I can probably guess, Proviewer is probably MapInfo with a couple
> of extra statements (MapBasic). My guess is that the LAST statements it
> does are to build a custom menu & to set the button pads. This is why
> whatever you do works, is after you run the workspace, it does these
> things.
>
> Yes, Proviewer is very limited. Its a good viewer, but you can't do much.
>
> Dan
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: Mats Elfstrvm <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> Sent: Friday, December 10, 1999 7:59 AM
> Subject: MI: Intelligent Use of ProViewer
>
>
> > Hi All!
> >
> > (Note that the following is NOT intended as Friday humor)
> >
> > I am trying to put ProViewer into intelligent use, and therefore I need
> > to improve the user interface.
> > I would like to be able to add some menu choices and display information
> > in the message window. It is true that this can be done by using
> > workspace files as macros, but apparently only to a certain extent.
> >
> > Printing to a message window works, but the message window closes
> > immediately.
> > By adding a Note clause, this is prevented temporarily but the Notebox
> > blocks you from accessing the message window. The method can be used if
> > you have a limited amount of output, and you can also Set the Message
> > window.
> >
> > Adding Menu items works in a sense, but they are erased at once. I have
> > found no way of preventing this behaviour.
> >
> > Lastly, I tried creating a ButtonPad but this is also erased by the
> > program at once.
> >
> > All the above wor-files work as expected within Professional, but it
> > seems as if ProViewer does not allow alterations.
> >
> > Since these are badly needed, I am wondering if anyone has found a
> > workaround to this problem.
> >
> > Maybe we should issue a contest for the most clever ProViewer scripts of
> > the week?
> >
> > Regards Mats.E
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