macros

RZ_TOOLS ... stuff that Lotus should have put in LWP, but didn't. This script contains tools to turn both rulers on/off simultaneously; delete the currently open document; revert to the last saved version of the current document, a single icon that will put the current date or date and time (as static text) into the document in any of 4 different formats and more, along with smarticons for each of them.

Change the color LWP uses to delineate the margins when the "Margins in color" view preference is set.. Archive contains 2 different LWP files, each containing a script that offers a different user interface to accomplish the same end. One uses a dialog box with sliders for the RGB values. The other pops up LWP's color selector box from the staus bar and allows you to select a color for the margins there. Use whichever seems easier or more intuitive to you. Both are provided for the benefit of fellow codeheads who might want to dig around in them and see how I did it.

For those who need the occasional accented character from the extended characters in the win/ascii character set, but don't want to install a foreign lanquage keyboard to get access to it without using alt+keycode combos. Zipfile contains script and icon files, plus simple installation instructions.

Protect your privacy by clearing the doument, smartmaster and recently run script history lists in the menus, welcome dialog, and new document dialog. Adds a Clear History List... item to the File|User Setup menu. Freeware. Versions for LWP'96 and LWP'97.

Access to special (extended ascii) characters from LWP. Adds a popup button to the LWP status bar, and allows you to build/maintain a list of special characters—foreign characters, typographical elements, etc.—in that popup. NOTE: Do not download this script if you can't or won't be able to disable the LWP "welcome screen". This version is for LWP'97 only!

Saving as a smartmaster in Lotus Word Pro is not the straightforward operation it was to "Save as new Stylesheet" in Ami Pro. Until you add this script to your autorunning LWP scripts, that is. The "Save as SmartMaster..." item it adds to the file menu emulates the Ami Pro function as closely as possible.

AmiPro Macro Functions converted to WordPro-LotusScript as a Lotus Notes database. Thanks to Notes Developer, Siva Ramanathan, (who converted it to Notes) and to Doug Crozier (who supplied the original translation documents), Notes-equipped developers familiar with the AmiPro Macro Language can quickly access a working Lscript/Wordpro object model routine to emulate most AmiMacro functions.

Auto-centering dialogs
Ever wish you could easily get LWP to center dialog boxes instead of sticking them in some hard coded position in the window? Just paste the following code snippet into the Load Subroutine of the Dialog Box object. (double click the dialog box itself in the dialog editor to get there in a hurry.)

h= (.applicationwindow.width/2) - (source.width/2) v= (.applicationwindow.height/2) - (source.height/2) source.move h,v

Direct from Lotus' own developers, samples of everything from the simplest routines to relatively complex applications in Lotus Script for Lotus Word Pro. Scripts for other products supporting Lotus Script are on the same page, too!

Boy, to I wish I had this when I first started writing in Lotus Script! It's like Word Pro's 'Ask the Expert' feature, but for the Object Model. The best learning/creating aid I've found for Lotus Script!


	RZ_TOOLS ... stuff that Lotus should have put in LWP, but didn't. This script contains tools to turn both rulers on/off simultaneously; delete the currently open document; revert to the last saved version of the current document, a single icon that will put the current date or date and time (as static text) into the document in any of 4 different formats and more, along with smarticons for each of them.

	Change the color LWP uses to delineate the margins when the "Margins in color" view preference is set.. Archive contains 2 different LWP files, each containing a script that offers a different user interface to accomplish the same end. One uses a dialog box with sliders for the RGB values. The other pops up LWP's color selector box from the staus bar and allows you to select a color for the margins there. Use whichever seems easier or more intuitive to you. Both are provided for the benefit of fellow codeheads who might want to dig around in them and see how I did it.

	For those who need the occasional accented character from the extended characters in the win/ascii character set, but don't want to install a foreign lanquage keyboard to get access to it without using alt+keycode combos. Zipfile contains script and icon files, plus simple installation instructions.

	Protect your privacy by clearing the doument, smartmaster and recently run script history lists in the menus, welcome dialog, and new document dialog. Adds a Clear History List... item to the File\|User Setup menu. Freeware. Versions for LWP'96 and LWP'97.

	Access to special (extended ascii) characters from LWP. Adds a popup button to the LWP status bar, and allows you to build/maintain a list of special characters—foreign characters, typographical elements, etc.—in that popup. NOTE: Do not download this script if you can't or won't be able to disable the LWP "welcome screen". This version is for LWP'97 only!

	Saving as a smartmaster in Lotus Word Pro is not the straightforward operation it was to "Save as new Stylesheet" in Ami Pro. Until you add this script to your autorunning LWP scripts, that is. The "Save as SmartMaster..." item it adds to the file menu emulates the Ami Pro function as closely as possible.

	AmiPro Macro Functions converted to WordPro-LotusScript as a Lotus Notes database. Thanks to Notes Developer, Siva Ramanathan, (who converted it to Notes) and to Doug Crozier (who supplied the original translation documents), Notes-equipped developers familiar with the AmiPro Macro Language can quickly access a working Lscript/Wordpro object model routine to emulate most AmiMacro functions.

	Ever wish you could easily get LWP to center dialog boxes instead of sticking them in some hard coded position in the window? Just paste the following code snippet into the Load Subroutine of the Dialog Box object. (double click the dialog box itself in the dialog editor to get there in a hurry.) `h= (.applicationwindow.width/2) - (source.width/2) v= (.applicationwindow.height/2) - (source.height/2) source.move h,v`

	Direct from Lotus' own developers, samples of everything from the simplest routines to relatively complex applications in Lotus Script for Lotus Word Pro. Scripts for other products supporting Lotus Script are on the same page, too!

	Boy, to I wish I had this when I first started writing in Lotus Script! It's like Word Pro's 'Ask the Expert' feature, but for the Object Model. The best learning/creating aid I've found for Lotus Script!