It doesn't look as if phrases are used much - the concept is wonderful for creating a report generator with drop-down options on screen or even just making standardised reports much easier to request variants of...
with screen options for example --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Select File {filenameUK} Select Type of Fields {tax_fields} Select Type of Sort {by_region} {filenameUS} {address_fields} {by_state} {filenameZA} {cultural_identity} {by_language} --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- the sentence comes out like list personnel_US tax_fields by_state using_spanish_headings which is something your average user can grasp.. --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- it is also useful adding well named paragraphs can enhance the user experience, eg - to_audit_printer - into_lab_dir In this one creates a verb 'send' send personnel_US tax_fields_US filter_by_country MEXICO sorted_by_state using_spanish_headings to_MEXICO_office where - "send" --------------- is a pre-processor to simply strip out the "to_MEXICO_office" code & execute it first - personnel_US ---- the local distributed file - tax_fields_US ---- a phrase containing US related taxfields - filter_by_country- a phrase with the reqd BY, WITH, WHEN - MEXICO ----------- a phrase specifying MEXICO as that country - sorted_by_state - a phrase to sort by state - using_spanish_headings - a phrase that contains a title written in Spanish - to_MEXICO_office - the name of a paragraph that sets up the MEXICO office printer for the next report ------- u2-users mailing list u2-users@listserver.u2ug.org To unsubscribe please visit http://listserver.u2ug.org/