On 01/24/2011 04:32 PM, maxwell wrote: > On Thu, 20 Jan 2011 15:51:41 +0100, "Dr. Yves Forkl" <[email protected]> > wrote: >> This macro provides a Web-based search for Unicode character names (or >> substrings/regular expression patterns matching them). The characters > found >> are displayed in your browser and can easily be copied to the clipboard > and >> inserted into XXE. >> >> Here's how to install and use it: >> >> 1) Put the following lines into your *.xxe configuration file (take care >> to edit the <property> definition appropriately if already present): >> ... >> >> 2) Restart XXE, and open any document that uses the above configuration. >> >> 3) Pressing F12 opens a dialog and asks for the character name (or >> pattern) to search for, then queries Richard Ishida's marvellous UniView >> web service ... > > This looks like it would be useful, but I can't get it to work. The macro > runs and asks for a search string, but then nothing happens; in particular, > my web browser doesn't open (or if it's already open, I don't get a new tab > with the above service). Or if I run the macro using Tools | Execute > command, I get a msg in the status bar saying the command returned whatever > search string I type in; the browser does not open. > > Looking at the XXE documentation at > http://www.xmlmind.com/xmleditor//_distrib/doc/commands/webSearch.html > it seems like even if I don't have the command that Dr Forkl provided in > my .xxe file, I should still be able to call the command webSearch. But in > fact this command does not show up in the list under Tools | Execute > command, and if I type it in anyway, the status bar says "command > 'webSearch' not found." > > Do I need to do something to enable web searches from XXE? Like specify > something in the Options | Preferences dialog? > > We're using XXE Professional v. 4.5.0.
That's normal. Your XXE version is slightly too old. Command "webSearch" has been added to version 4.5.2. See http://www.xmlmind.com/xmleditor/changes.html#v4.5.2 -- XMLmind XML Editor Support List [email protected] http://www.xmlmind.com/mailman/listinfo/xmleditor-support
