Hi Chip, I'd love those tutorisls, speaking selfishly, and I have written some small Word macros, so I'm going to make sure I get the app you talked about. Just looking through lists of properties gives the developer at least an overview of what is possible. That's always a good thing.
Thanks. Jim On 4/12/14, Chip Orange <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi again Jim, > > One more thing I want to mention for a potential scripter: > > If you own a copy of Word, I have written an app which turns Word's VBA > editor into a WE VBScript editor. It has a large number of advantages, but > the main one is that you no longer have to remember all the WE object model > properties and methods; this editor, if you declare your variables with > types, will automatically display to you a list of properties or methods > which are appropriate for where you are in your command line, after you > type > the period (the dot operator). > > So, for instance, if you declare a variable as type WindowEyes.window, then > every time you type in the name of that variable and follow it with the > dot, > then you are presented a list of window object properties and methods. If > you pick one of them from the list, then its name is inserted into your > command. If you chose a property or method which is an object, say the > clips object for example, and you then type the dot operator again, you are > then presented with the list of properties and methods for the clips object > (and so on). > > It's an enormous benefit to anyone who can't remember all the hundreds of > properties and methods, and it works for other object types as well > (scripting dictionaries or file system objects, etc.) > > The editor will also check all your commands for any syntax errors, any > "if" > statements which don't have the corresponding "end if", any variables you > forgot to declare, etc. > > I don't know if it's better to start off with the editor or just using your > memory and the documentation at first, but I thought I'd mention that this > is available (it's called Office VBA and VBS Editor), and I have a series > of > four audio tutorials for anyone who wants to learn how to use the Word VBA > editor and this app. > > Hth, > > Chip > > > -----Original Message----- > From: Chip Orange [mailto:[email protected]] > Sent: Saturday, April 12, 2014 1:23 PM > To: '[email protected]' > Cc: [email protected] > Subject: RE: Beginning App Developer Questions > > Hi Jim, > > You may know this of course, but in addition to the scripting list, there's > an archive of a series of audio classes (and an accompanying text file of > examples) at: > > https://www.gwmicro.com/App_Central/Developers/Interactive_Classes/ > > I hope you may find them helpful, and I'm glad to see another person > interested in app development. > > Good luck, > > Chip > > > > -----Original Message----- > From: Jim [mailto:[email protected]] > Sent: Saturday, April 12, 2014 11:35 AM > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: Beginning App Developer Questions > > Hi Mark, > Thank you. I'll google for that list. > > Jim > > On 4/12/14, Marc Solomon <[email protected]> wrote: >> Yes, the gw-scripting list is what you are looking for. >> >> Regards, >> Marc >> >> Jim <[email protected]> wrote: >> >>>Hi, >>>I've lerked here for a while, and noticed that there are questions >>>about apps, but not about scripting them. Is there a different list >>>that I should subscribe to for more technical stuff? >>> >>>Thanks. >>> >>>Jim >>> >>>-- >>>e+r=o >>>Skype: jim.homme >> > > > -- > e+r=o > Skype: jim.homme > > -- e+r=o Skype: jim.homme
