Full Version: key code for new line in text?
From: Shaddy [#24]
16 Jul 2006
To: logojohn [#22] 23 Jul 2006
I'm working on something more simple than Print Merge... that's a very complicated program that I don't have the brains to mimic. What I'm working on is more basic. It's broken up into separate features... A duplicator portion that works like Oberon's Tiler (Carl pointed that out, would have saved me some time to use thiers :S ). If you rename text objects to the right name, another feature will fill in the text from an excel, access or text file. It will also have a serial number feature to increment a text field, starting from any number. I tired to keep the processes separate because you might have use for portions of it, and not want the rest.
So, it'll only be used for simple things where you don't need the full featured Merge.
I need another week or two of prettying though. Everything is still in different files and I'm combining them and making user friendly. It's a big program.
Shaddy
From: logojohn [#25]
16 Jul 2006
To: Carl (CSEWELL) [#23] 16 Jul 2006
How hard would it be to make a macro that would let you select several lines of text(not in paragraph boxes) and replace them with a text list with the same number of lines.
That might be easier than trying to duplicate and move the whole individual plate over at the same time.
If it is easier, you could just duplicate the individual item on the same coreldraw page with the same text first. Easy to do with just the cntrl d that moves the next one or entire line over and down the same amount.
Then select the lines that change, for example all the names, and just paste in the list.
That would also work for plaques with several lines that you have a text file for.
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EDITED: 16 Jul 2006 by LOGOJOHN
From: Carl (CSEWELL) [#26]
16 Jul 2006
To: logojohn [#25] 23 Jul 2006
An interactive cut-n-paste? Select the Corel text objects that will be replaced and then copy the replacing text from another application (or e-mail?) to the clipboard, and run the macro which will take the clipboard text and put it in the selected Corel text objects?
Have I got that right?
If so, the macro is ready (it may need a little more work). You just have to order the Corel text objects in the same order as your items in the clipboard and make sure that the objects that will be placed on the clipboard will end in CR/LF. Will that work? Will you take responsibility for making sure that the number of items matches (ie 6 Corel text objects were selected and 6 lines of text were copied to the clipboard)?
Wow. I just reread your post and realize that if you have all the 'plates' set up, with text objects for each plate, one name per plate, you can select all the text objects and paste all the names!!! Or..... wait.... I've got a headache.
Let me know if I understood you correctly and if this macro should be polished and released.
From: Shaddy [#27]
16 Jul 2006
To: logojohn [#25] 23 Jul 2006
How mine would work, is to make all the plates first, if they are the same... you would use the Duplicate feature of my macro that will tile as many as you want. Then you would use the Data Import part, where you would tell it a file (text list or excel sheet, maybe Access but I haven't played with that much yet). It would fill in the text on the plates.
Here's an example. Let's say you have a plate with 4 fields (so far it's my max). One could be named the Title that is the same on every plate (maybe something like a name tag "Hello, My name is". Then one or two text objects that are named Variable1 and Variable2 (I'm not imaginative, but they are accurately named). Those would be taken from your lists and fill in accordingly probably a name and something else. The final one would be Serial that just counts up like a serial number.
So far that's all I have need for, but it wouldn't be a stretch to incorporate more.
I prefer to use Names on the objects to avoid confusion, and to make it easier for future changes. So if you want to use the same page of plates, then just change the names, you just run the macro and just choose to change the names (there will be Check Boxes). Or if you just need the serial feature, you could just make all the plates, then just run it with Serial selected.
Sometimes you only want some of the plates changed though, so I do have you have to select the plates first (but a whole page is easy using CTRL-A). I might make that optional too though.
Might be a while yet, and there will probably be different versions as people help me tweak. I only have X3 on this PC, so after I make it, I have to take it to another PC and tweak it for use on 12. Versions before that might be out of luck as I don't have other versions :S
Shaddy
From: Harvey only (HARVEY-ONLY) [#28]
17 Jul 2006
To: Carl (CSEWELL) [#23] 17 Jul 2006
On one computer forum they claims that LSASS.EXE was basically spyware????
They had instructions to remove it.
I did and also the program called LSASS.EXE with either one more or one less S in it. [Either LSAS.EXE or LSASSS.EXE] I think there was one more step to keep it from coming back. I found it on the Internet by searching for LSASS.EXE. It may be why I had less problems with software that some other people.
Search, read and try it.
From: Dave Jones (DAVERJ) [#29]
17 Jul 2006
To: Harvey only (HARVEY-ONLY) [#28] 17 Jul 2006
From: Carl (CSEWELL) [#30]
17 Jul 2006
To: Harvey only (HARVEY-ONLY) [#28] 17 Jul 2006
And LSASS.exe is a process that needs to run for Windows. And it's fairly easy to determine if the LSASS.exe is a virus or not.
Yep, I'm fairly diligent with keeping up with virii. And I've run and re-run adware and spyware programs that found a few harmless cookie tracking items connected with IE. This problem is not a virus, nor does it appear to be adware or spyware related. After turning just about everything (services/drivers/devices) on and off many times, it appears that the problem may be somehow tied into the FAX service. Disabling fax send/receive appears to eliminate the problem.
Microsoft had a previous problem with a patch that broke all kinds of OLD modem drivers several years ago. This may be another one of those problems. I may just eliminate my computer fax or move it to another machine.
Thanks, though.
From: logojohn [#31]
18 Jul 2006
To: Carl (CSEWELL) [#26] 18 Jul 2006
That sounds like what all I need.
I have badge layouts placed on a page to be printed for sublimation.
There is a color logo, 1 line that doesn't change and I print a rectangle for a guide to place the precut blanks.
The name and 2 other lines change.
The length of the title and some names vary a lot. If I use the print merge the only way is to have different runs or make the title small enough for the longest line which looks stupid on the ones with short titles.
The first run was over 100 but most of the time its less than 1 sheet right now. But we seem to be getting more color requests so I would like some shortcuts when the inevitable order for 500 shows up.
Now I am just selecting one line at a time and pasting from the text file.
I could lock all the lines that don't change so I could select the changing ones easily and make sure they run from top to bottom to match the text file.
I would just like to select about 30 lines (or less) 3 lines x 10 badges.
And paste the text from the list.
If it would automatically duplicate from one, move it over or down to fill the page that what be a plus but just the multiple line text pasting would save the most time for me.
Is it possible to make a macro that would rearrange objects and/or text lines from top 2 bottom and left to right.
Xenetech has a top to bottom resort that works great if you move lines around in a plaque layout. They don't sort left to right so if I am working on a logo with several objects that were text letters in coreldraw, when engraved on the rotary each line will skip around unless you sort them in order one at a time.
I had 5 long lists of excel lists that the macro for that worked great on.
They were just lasered so it was easy to paste into Xenetech.
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EDITED: 18 Jul 2006 by LOGOJOHN
From: Carl (CSEWELL) [#32]
18 Jul 2006
To: logojohn [#31] 23 Jul 2006
Absolutely. I used to do a lot serpentine sorting for surface mount pick-and-place and adhesive machines.
However, I think Shaddy has a better approach and it is probably the same approach that Print Merge uses and also the 'name dropper' program. That approach is to name the text objects and then use that for the replacement. Then it doesn't matter....... well, I was going to say it doesn't matter where they are at, but it does. You'll need to have them grouped together or give them index-like names: FirstName1, LastName1, Title1, etc. Or, you'll have to fill the names as you duplicate them. Or.... I'm missing something.
If you want to experiment with a couple of macros and see what works best for you, I'll send you a couple via e-mail. You might have to invest a little time now to save some time in the future. The last macro I created might be all that you need. Cutting-and-pasting 30 names/titles at a time should be about 30 times faster than 1 at a time and a whole lot more accurate.
Were you able to create a command button on the toolbox toolbar for a macro?
From: logojohn [#33]
18 Jul 2006
To: Carl (CSEWELL) [#32] 18 Jul 2006
logojohn
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I flagged the message about the toolbar but havent been able to try it yet.
Nothing is working right this week so all I can do is get the work done.
Thanks
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