Bill Blinn Technology Editor, [BBT] wrote: BBT> There might be a better way. A new user asked about the ability to BBT> edit received messages. Without testing, I replied, "Try Ctrl-E". So BBT> today I tried it and thought I had provided bad advice.
BBT> Ctrl-E opens the message for editing as I said. This is actually a redirect operation that you've executed. The official shortcut is CTRL-F6. However, at times there are times when a single operation is bound to multiple shortcuts and you seem to have stumbled on one of them. For editing messages, I've created two filters. The first filter exports the message and opens the exported message in my favourite text editor. I edit the message, save it and then execute the next filter that imports the exported messages (now edited). I import to my imports folder. I then move the message to the desired location. The first filter follows. Simply copy it to your clipboard, including the 'beginfilter' and 'endfilter' lines. Paste in your filter set. Use the replied or read filter set. Before copying, you could alter the paths for the 'extcmd' and 'Extfile' to reflect your preference. You'll also need to assign a hotkey for it. BeginFilter Name: Export for editing Active: 1 Source: \\alliem\Inbox Target: \\alliem\Inbox CopyFolder: \\\\none MainSet: 40'e' Actions: faExport,faExternal,faoExportOver,faoManualOnly,faoHotKey,faoSaveUnix ExtCmd: C:\Applications\TextPad\textpad.exe C:\Backup-cmds\edit.txt ExtFile: C:\Backup-cmds\edit.txt AddAddrItems: afiFrom, DelAddrItems: afiFrom, HotKey: 49241 EndFilter The second filter that imports the edited export follows: BeginFilter Name: Import after editing Active: 1 Source: \\alliem\Inbox Target: \\alliem\Inbox CopyFolder: \\\\none MainSet: 40'e' Actions: faExternal,faoRunDetached,faoManualOnly,faoWaitCompletion,faoHotKey ExtCmd: c:\backup-cmds\import.bat ColourGroup: <default> AddAddrItems: afiFrom, DelAddrItems: afiFrom, HotKey: 49225 EndFilter The import command is actually run via a .cmd file containing the import command: "C:\Applications\The Bat!\thebat.exe" /IMPORTF="Imports";X;IN=C:\backup-cmds\edit.txt;R "Imports" is the name of the folder I wish to import to. You can read up the syntax of the command in the help. Currently, to refine things, I have those two filter actions to be run via two PowerPro toolbar buttons. -- -= allie_M =- | List Moderator PGPKeys: http://www.ac-martin.com/pgpkeys.html _
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