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Why does scripting Xpress have to be such a pain...
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Why does scripting Xpress have to be such a pain...


  • Subject: Why does scripting Xpress have to be such a pain...
  • From: email@hidden
  • Date: Fri, 24 May 2002 10:17:45 +0100

I have a script that makes a catalogue in Xpress from data supplied in a
text file.

In this script is a piece of code that goes through a certain text box
looking for prices and, if it finds one, makes them bold. Or it should.

For example,

This was priced #123

my script should make the "#123" bold. However, it wasn't working and when
I ran some tests, it turns out that - to XPress -

word 3 of "This was priced #123" is "priced"
word 4 of "This was priced #123" is "123"

considering punctuation
word 4 of "This was priced #123"
end considering

is still "123".

My script, which looks for pound signs "#", obviously isn't going to work
because of XPress own definition of "word".

Can anyone tell me how to get round this? Either a way to make XPress see "
#" or a way to acheive making the prices bold.

Thanks in advance,

Steve
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