Re: Appleworks 4.0.1 / Ultramacros 4.3

[nkp@bbs.ausom.oz.au (Nicholas Pyers)]

mcgovern@CS.ColoState.EDU (Mike McGovern) writes:

>Hi.  I am having some problems with the above mentioned programs, and
>was hoping someone might be able to help me with them.  

>1.  I want to customize the default macros, but can't.  There is an
>error in the default macros in ba-] (or maybe it's ba-[), so that even
>if I don't make any changes after decompiling the macros, I get an error
>when I recompile them.  The area that gets flagged as an error is:
>.... "= $ $117   :" ...
>I tried deleting the lone $, and was able to recompile, but then the
>machine would crash whenever I loaded AppleWorks.  Any ideas?

Use the default macros file on the extras disk 

>2.  I have a database that won't remember record selection rules in
>report formats.  While in the report screen, I go and define some record
>selection rules, but when I hit escape to go back to the report screen
>it goes back to All Records.  I have some databases where this does
>work, so I have no idea why it won't work in this case.

I have also had this problem.  I reported this to Randy Brandt and he said
it was been worked on.

>3.  This one is a problem with the program, but I thought I'd mention it
>anyway.  I have a date category in a database that I would like to use a
>mask on.  I used:  $$.$$.$$ (where $ = number).  This works fine, but
>after AppleWorks changes it to the date format it looks like this:
>De. 1. 1.93 (or something close to that).

You can not mask a time or date category.  To change the layout rename the
category so that it doesn't have the word date in it.

>Any help would be greatly appreciated.  Also, if you know of a way I
>could reach some at Quality Computers on the net to report #3, please
>let me know.  Michael Heintz are you here in an official capacity?

You can always report AW4.0 problems to rbrant@genie.geis.com (Randy
Brandt)

>Later.
>Mike
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