--- In [email protected], "Gardner, Paul G." <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > From: [email protected] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On > Behalf Of ajzbc > > Sent: Thursday, July 20, 2006 9:55 AM > > To: [email protected] > > Subject: [power-pro] Choosing a .txt file from a menu folder and using > FilePaste to paste contents > > > In other words, use a menu > > button on a bar to choose which file to copy the contents from without > > having to open the actual file. I want to do this so that I can just add > > new .txt files to the folder without having to change anything in > > PowerPro - i.e. not having to create individual buttons on a bar > > with a direct path to each .txt file to execute my FilePaste. > > I think you want to use what are called 'snippets'. Load the help, look for > *Clip. About halfway down the page you will find a link that says "Click > here for more details on clipboard history tracking". Near the bottom of > that page you'll find info about how to set up what you want. > > For the button you want to display the menu, do the following: > 1) Create and edit that button in the Config dialog > 2) select "*Menu" in the 'Command' dropdown > 3) select "Folder" in the 'menu action' dropdown > 4) in the "Enter folders" edit box, put the path to your directory > 5) Paste the following in the "Format" edit box, without the single quotes > -> 'folderstart noext noicons sorttime folderdot cmd "*Clip filepaste"' <- > keep the double quotes > > That should be it. Put your .txt files in the directory you specified in > step 4 and they should appear on the menu. > > For things like this, I usually define the right-click option for the bar to > open the directory so I can easily manage it's contents. Just put the > directory path in the 'Command' drop down on the 'Right' tab on the button's > edit dialog box. > > > P.S. I am still blown away by the unbelievable functionality of this > > software. It is absolutely incredible. > > That's what everyone says. You're only limited by your imagination. > Although to get the full effect, you'll probably need to start scripting. > > Paul > Paul:
Brilliant!!!! That's precisely what I was trying to do. Thank-you for the incredibly detailed response. And, yes, I may have to take a stab at scripting.... Dave [:)] [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] ------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Sponsor --------------------~--> Great things are happening at Yahoo! Groups. See the new email design. http://us.click.yahoo.com/TISQkA/hOaOAA/yQLSAA/JV_rlB/TM --------------------------------------------------------------------~-> Attention: PowerPro's Web site has moved: http://www.ppro.org Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/power-pro/ <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
