-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 Hello tbudl,
MDP>> I'm not quite sure why it should do that and I don't think it MDP>> should. If it does, it may be a "bug". >>> I have this macro %SUBJ right at the top in my body but when I >>> launch the shortcut that macro no longer works. VBG> The %SUBJ macro is good because while in the account if I VBG> have it set in my template and begin to compose a new VBG> message, the macro takes the value of the actual subject. MDP>> Hang on - %SUBJ is a macro to *retrieve* the current subject. But MDP>> you're deliberately not setting one. %SUBJECT= is the macro to set a MDP>> subject. VBG> Below is the actual macro in use. VBG> - - -- VBG> %TO="[EMAIL PROTECTED]"%SUBJ VBG> %DATE, %OTIMELONG VBG> Website Version: http://www.drafts.vbgunz.com VBG> - - -- VBG> When I click compose a new message is started. Though there VBG> is no subject defined, it appears in the body *after* I set VBG> it in the subject field and this is what it looks like... VBG> - - -- VBG> "How to Trouble Shoot Command Lines in The Bat!" VBG> Tuesday, December 31, 2002, 3:04:58 PM VBG> Website Version: http://www.drafts.vbgunz.com VBG> - - -- >>> How do I get the command to focus it's cursor into the subject >>> field and not the body? MDP>> Ah - that's what you're after. Not possible, I'm sorry to say. The MDP>> cursor's only resting place when the editor is opened by automated MDP>> means is the body. Well I've come up with a work around thats not that bothersome. I simply created a shortcut with no command line. Just a simple blank mailto: As long as that specific account is active in the bat, when I click on the mailto: shortcut in my quick launch bar the %SUBJ macro in the body is not tampered with :) I'm happy with it. Thanks to everyone who helped me out :) Happy 2003 - -- Best regards, Victor B. Gonzalez [EMAIL PROTECTED] Using The Bat! v1.62 Christmas Edition Windows XP 5.1 Build 2600 Service Pack 1 -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Comment: Request My PGP Public Keys - [EMAIL PROTECTED] iQA/AwUBPhOpDl3LB35+TCg0EQKXZQCfXsvjKsxSZdW2YQKrcL282oMb1p0AoOCp h+QeSSPyHhqHRT1UyDILmoW3 =F8cv -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- ________________________________________________ Current version is 1.62 | "Using TBUDL" information: http://www.silverstones.com/thebat/TBUDLInfo.html