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tshow

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Summary
Inserts a show string at the current text cursor position. Show strings provide a range of automatic numbering functions, including page numbering and date stamping, and are extensively used in conditional formatting.
Example extract

For example to insert a basic page counter show string, the following macro will result in, <?show $g>:

If this includes " (quotedbl) characters these should be doubled, e.g.

 tshow "$g" 4
 tshow """Ref""" 6

Syntax (SVNNA)
tshow Ø
tshow  string:s?
Ø Displays the Insert Show String dialogue box.
string:s

The show string to be interpreted.

For comprehensive information about Show strings in Arbortext APP see the Show strings chapter.


Document created on 08-Feb-2003 (revision 1)