Hello Bill, On Fri, 29 Aug 2008 00:18:37 -0700 GMT (29/08/2008, 14:18 +0700 GMT), Bill McQuillan wrote:
>> That is already possible. I saw "xxxx days until Christmas..." or >> "already living xxxx days and xxx hours" on this list or on TBOT. >> Again, this is made an internal command (template macro) which >> requests the information from outside and puts it into the message at >> the pre-defined spot. It is not an external command. BM> I think what people are talking about is a two step process. First, an BM> external program is executed to produce the desired text in a known BM> location and then Second, a template macro grabs it from that known BM> location (file) and puts it into the message being created. But this is already possible. Am I still misunderstanding Jens' feature request in mid:[EMAIL PROTECTED] or did he just not know it is already implemented? BM> For instance, the text "already living xxxx days and xxx hours" BM> probably needed to be updated just before the macro put it into BM> the message. That's the use of an external program. External programs can be used. Examples have already been given in this thread. -- Cheers, Thomas. I like to sing to the songs on the radio in my car. When you go into a tunnel, it's hard to come out on the right note. Actually, the news is more difficult. http://thomas.fernandez.hat-gar-keine-homepage.de/ Message reply created with The Bat! 4.0.28.4 under Windows XP 5.1 Build 2600 Service Pack 2 ________________________________________________ Current version is 4.0.24.0 | 'Using TBUDL' information: http://www.silverstones.com/thebat/TBUDLInfo.html
