Hello Joseph, On Mon, 30 Dec 2002 10:19:55 -0600 GMT (30/12/02, 23:19 +0700 GMT), Joseph N. wrote:
> I replied earlier in the list, thanking you. I think the macro you > supplied is just what I'm looking for. Now that I'm actually sitting > down to add it to my friend's AB template, however, I have a question. > What is the trailing hyphen at the end of the macro? > %TO="" %TO="[EMAIL PROTECTED]"%- It is not only a hyphen, it is the dash macro: %- You see, when you add an macro into a template, you will usually hit <enter> afterwards and then continue typing in the next line. this <enter> will be interpreted by TB quite literally: in you reply, there will be a new line. In order to prevent this, you can use the dash macro at the end of the macro line, and it will "eat up" the CR/LF, so there is no new line in your reply. For example, if my reply template for this list started with: %TO=""%TO="""%OFromName on TBUDL"" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>" Hello %OFromName, you would see a blank line at the top of my reply, before Hello. If I change this to: %TO=""%TO="""%OFromName on TBUDL"" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>"%- Hello %OFromName, (adding the dash macro to the end of the first line) there will be no blank line, and Hello will appear on the top of the reply. Clear? -- Cheers, Thomas. Moderator der deutschen The Bat! Beginner Liste. Corduroy pillows: They're making headlines! Message reply created with The Bat! 1.62 Christmas Edition under Chinese Windows 98 4.10 Build 2222 A using an AMD Athlon K7 1.2GHz, 128MB RAM ________________________________________________ Current version is 1.62 | "Using TBUDL" information: http://www.silverstones.com/thebat/TBUDLInfo.html
