Hi Alistair You mention going back to v 3.n but it seems a pity to lose all the improvements in v 4.1 just to be able to do imports of the old type of .txt file occasionally. Gradually there will be more downloads in the new .ini import format; you would miss out on being able to import the new type, just so you can import the old type.
PowerPro 4.1 cannot directly import a .txt file which was exported from PP 3.n, but there are several workaround methods. [1] I haven't seen the importbar.txt you refer to, so I don't know whether this first idea is practical in this case. If importbar.txt is short and simple, you could open it in notepad and keep referring to it while creating the new bar manually in the command lists dialog. Only those mysterious numbers which define the text and background colors and button sizes might be puzzling. If you don't mind losing the author's colors and button shapes and choosing your own, at least you can easily reproduce all of the new bar's functionality by copying all the commands manually. [2] Here's a rather tedious but effective workaround for importing the bar with all of its details. I assume you have a backup copy of an earlier PowerPro directory. [If not, you will need to run the installer for PowerPro 3.8. Install into a different directory such as \PowerPro3\ and say no to creating Desktop and Start Menu icons and creating file associations, because this will not be your regular PP folder.] Now you can choose to run either PP4 (for regular usage) or PP3 (for occasional usage such as described below). While PowerPro is not running, in the PP3 folder, copy empty.pcf to transfer.pcf Run: c:\pp3\powerpro.exe c:\pp3\transfer.pcf Import the .txt file; then quit PP3. Run: c:\pp4\powerpro.exe c:\pp3\transfer.pcf Export the new command list as an .ini file. Quit. Run: c:\pp4\powerpro.exe c:\pp4\pproconf.pcf Import the new .ini file. ________________________________________________________ > PS My real problem is that I want a count down timer > to make a sound as well as display a message. You could do that with Scheduler or with a Timer. In pproconf's Timers dialog, edit an unused timer; let's say K. In the group of checkboxes at the top, only check Down. The time numbers are not important because later you will be using commands to change the times. In the Stop commands, set Message as the first main command. Or instead of the Message built in command, try the MessageBox built in function -- Help Contents, Expressions and Functions, MessageBox function. Put the path to the wave file in More Commands. Now, maybe in a new submenu of an existing menu, maybe on a bar, make a few commands for starting, resetting, etc. Refer to the "*Timer command" topic in Help. For example: Timer set +k 0 15 0 will start the timer k, which will show your message after 15 minutes. ------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Sponsor --------------------~--> Make a clean sweep of pop-up ads. Yahoo! Companion Toolbar. Now with Pop-Up Blocker. Get it for free! http://us.click.yahoo.com/L5YrjA/eSIIAA/yQLSAA/JV_rlB/TM --------------------------------------------------------------------~-> Attention: PowerPro's Web site has moved: http://www.ppro.org Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/power-pro/ <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
