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showing variable txt/values at "showMessage" macros [message #1880]

Wed, 26 April 2023 11:46

juliocoll
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Registered: January 2023
Location: Madrid SPAIN

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I tried different ways to identify variable txt and/or numeric values in DW macros by showing them using the DW macros "showMessage" to help in the designing of different macro codes.

I ended up experimenting with the simplest following code:

<macro name="Savenombre">
<task name="defineVariable">
name=filename
message= type your name, please....
</task>
<task name="showMessage">
message=$filename.txt?????????
</task>
</macro>

I got being asked and typing the name, but the "showMessage" did not even appeared, no matter what I tried it to type for the message to get the variable text/value (filename, $filename, name, $name, ±txt, etc, etc).....

Is there any other way to do it?
thank you
julio

Julio Coll
Profesor de Investigación. Emérito
Dpt.Biotecnología
CSIC-centro Nacional INIA, Madrid, SPAIN
Dr. Biologia Univ.Comp(UCM). Madrid, Spain
PHD. Biology Mass.Inst,Technol (MIT). Massachusetts, USA
orcid: 0000-0001-8496-3493

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Re: showing variable txt/values at "showMessage" macros [message #1886 is a reply to message #1880]

Sat, 29 April 2023 14:44

thomas
Messages: 715
Registered: June 2014

Senior Member

There is a simple answer: The 'ShowMessage' task did not do any variable resolution, yet.
In fact, variables are not resolved everywhere. I have built the resolution into various
tasks, where it makes sense, but unfortunately, it is not complete nor consistent yet.
I just added it to the ShowMessage task. Thus, after updating, the following macro will work:

<macro name="Savenombre">
<task name="defineVariable">
name=filename
message= type your name, please....
</task>
<task name="showMessage">
message=$filename
</task>
</macro>

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Re: showing variable txt/values at "showMessage" macros [message #1887 is a reply to message #1886]

Sat, 29 April 2023 20:35

juliocoll
Messages: 33
Registered: January 2023
Location: Madrid SPAIN

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Thank you Thomas !
It is very useful to follow up, confirm and simplify some macro designs........

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Re: showing variable txt/values at "showMessage" macros [message #1888 is a reply to message #1887]

Mon, 01 May 2023 09:29

juliocoll
Messages: 33
Registered: January 2023
Location: Madrid SPAIN

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Sorry Thomas but after updating as recommended in two different computers, the <macro name="Savenombre"> still doesnt work. .....
I am working in Windows 10 64

Could I be making something wrong?

Thank you for your attention
julio

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Re: showing variable txt/values at "showMessage" macros [message #1896 is a reply to message #1888]

Fri, 12 May 2023 13:01

juliocoll
Messages: 33
Registered: January 2023
Location: Madrid SPAIN

Member

Never mind!

I just found out: I had mixed up Linus Datawarrior.jar and Windows Datawarrior.exe during file replacements !

Now everything works in the 2 computers....

sorry for the inconvinience

julio

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