title=:'hey hey' text=: 'this is the message' wd 'mb "',title,'""',text,'"'
-----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Hahn, Harvey Sent: Monday, February 18, 2008 16:26 To: [email protected] Subject: [Jprogramming] Beginner Q--using variables in wd commands 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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For information about J forums see http://www.jsoftware.com/forums.htm
