Is this what you want? tit=. 'Some title' txt=. 'Some text' wd 'mb "',tit,'" "',txt,'"'
On 2/18/08, Hahn, Harvey <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > I don't have time to wait until I get home (aka packrat) to ask this > question, and so I'm posting this message from work: > > The "wd commands" subchapter and the "Common Dialog Boxes" chapter in the > "Window Driver" section of the "User Manual" together provide some guidance > in creating dialog boxes: wd 'mb title text'. Lacking specific examples, > it took me some time experimenting to realize that the following was one way > of how this might look in actual practice: > (1) wd 'mb "This is the title" "This is the displayed text"' > > Or, if the mb command and its parameters are assigned to, say, str: > (2) str =: 'mb "This is the title" "This is the displayed text"' > wd str > > However, I can't seem to figure out (i.e., make it work!) how to > incorporate variable names instead of literal strings into either of the > above two examples. Is this possible, and, if so, how? Thanks! > > Harvey > > -- > =========================================== > Harvey E. Hahn, Manager, Technical Services Department > Arlington Heights (Illinois) Memorial Library > 847/506-2644 - FX: 847/506-2650 - Email: hhahn(at)ahml(dot)info > OML & Scripts web pages: http://www.ahml.info/oml/ > Personal web pages: http://users.anet.com/~packrat > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > For information about J forums see http://www.jsoftware.com/forums.htm > -- Devon McCormick, CFA ^me^ at acm. org is my preferred e-mail ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For information about J forums see http://www.jsoftware.com/forums.htm
