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Old 05-16-2005, 01:59 AM
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how to set macro value from text file?

Hi,

I would like to set a macro value with the value taken from a text file. How can i do that.

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Old 05-16-2005, 06:38 AM
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The attachment shows a couple ways to read the contents of a text file into a macro.
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Old 05-16-2005, 07:50 PM
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Thank you. Got it working!!!
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Old 05-24-2005, 08:55 AM
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Extending this idea, how can I extract some text from a file and assign it to the macro? For example, extract the version ID from a file, where the version is always coded in the following format

VersionID = "x.y.z";

(x.y.z could, of course, change from build to build)
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Old 05-24-2005, 04:24 PM
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See attachment.
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Old 05-25-2005, 04:46 AM
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Thanks a lot - easy when you know how :-)
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Old 08-17-2005, 04:17 PM
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Thanks, this helped me as well!

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