B
Brewster
I need some help in figuring out how to accomplish the following programming
technique. I would be willing to pay for the knowledge to figure out how
this is done so that I can create the menu system and the associated macros
to direct the selection process. Your help is appreciated.
The application is related to creating a report of items that would be
presented to a client. The actual application would different, however the
premise would be the same. Since there are thousands of possible auto text
entries to be placed in a template file I will need to add each one. However
going through a menu system is better than selecting each entry from a
single menu such as MS Word's AutoText Tool bar. The following documents the
structure of a menu tree that can be used to add Auto text into a standard
document via bookmarks, txt file submenus and a template containing the
actual Auto text entries and macros.
Icon in MS Word Menu Bar (loading template to a blank document and
activating macros)
|
| | | | | | |
option 1 option 2 option 3 option 4 option 5 option 6 option 7
shoes shirts pants socks underwear hats misc
(Each of these options would then appear on the main MS word menu bar. When
the user selects an option item then the macro would allow a popup window
that has menu items other items listed. These items on the menu would then
lead to other sub menus. For example: the menu structure could be
representative of a retail clothing store. After initializing the top
selection by starting the store's template the department selections would
appear on the menu bar. The user would then select an option related to a
particular department. Each entry in the following submenu could be read
from a txt file. The rest of the tree structure would eventually lead to an
auto text entry that would be inserted into the document file at a
particular location based on the book marked locations as defined by the
template.)
| Shoe Sub menu
| | | | | | |
option 1 option 2 option 3 option 4 option 5 option 6 option 7
Boots Loafers Sandals Sneakers High Heels Wing Tips etc
(this level of the menu system would read something like this within the
shoes.txt file which is represented below. Other txt files would have other
descriptions for the other categories such as listed in the menu bar for
shirts, pants, socks, underwear, hats, misc)
Boots
Loafers
Sandals
Sneakers
High Heels
Wing Tips
Etc
| Boots Sub menu
| | | | | | |
option 1 option 2 option 3 option 4 option 5 option 6 option 7
Square Toe Pointed Toe Rounded Toe etc etc etc etc
(this level of the menu system would let the user be more specific about
boots. The Boots sub menu items again would be read from a text file that
would read something like this within the boots.txt file which is
represented below.
Square Toe
Pointed Toe
Rounded Toe
Etc
Etc
Etc
etc
The patterns can stop here or go to deeper levels. Eventually the Auto text
entry would be inserted into the template at the predefined location for a
report. A typical Auto text entry would be a precisely worked paragraph
defining an item such as "Square Toed Brown Boots manufactured by the Fry
company in sizes 7 to 13 selling for under $60.00". The actual auto text
would actually be more descriptive and considerably longer at approximately
3 to 7 sentences.
Thanks for your help. Contact me at (e-mail address removed) if you have any
questions. I know that this is also an application for a database and its
reporting format, but it is not my objective to use a database, since many
application on them are inflexible (rigid) as compared with a word processor
such as MS Word.
Al Austin
technique. I would be willing to pay for the knowledge to figure out how
this is done so that I can create the menu system and the associated macros
to direct the selection process. Your help is appreciated.
The application is related to creating a report of items that would be
presented to a client. The actual application would different, however the
premise would be the same. Since there are thousands of possible auto text
entries to be placed in a template file I will need to add each one. However
going through a menu system is better than selecting each entry from a
single menu such as MS Word's AutoText Tool bar. The following documents the
structure of a menu tree that can be used to add Auto text into a standard
document via bookmarks, txt file submenus and a template containing the
actual Auto text entries and macros.
Icon in MS Word Menu Bar (loading template to a blank document and
activating macros)
|
| | | | | | |
option 1 option 2 option 3 option 4 option 5 option 6 option 7
shoes shirts pants socks underwear hats misc
(Each of these options would then appear on the main MS word menu bar. When
the user selects an option item then the macro would allow a popup window
that has menu items other items listed. These items on the menu would then
lead to other sub menus. For example: the menu structure could be
representative of a retail clothing store. After initializing the top
selection by starting the store's template the department selections would
appear on the menu bar. The user would then select an option related to a
particular department. Each entry in the following submenu could be read
from a txt file. The rest of the tree structure would eventually lead to an
auto text entry that would be inserted into the document file at a
particular location based on the book marked locations as defined by the
template.)
| Shoe Sub menu
| | | | | | |
option 1 option 2 option 3 option 4 option 5 option 6 option 7
Boots Loafers Sandals Sneakers High Heels Wing Tips etc
(this level of the menu system would read something like this within the
shoes.txt file which is represented below. Other txt files would have other
descriptions for the other categories such as listed in the menu bar for
shirts, pants, socks, underwear, hats, misc)
Boots
Loafers
Sandals
Sneakers
High Heels
Wing Tips
Etc
| Boots Sub menu
| | | | | | |
option 1 option 2 option 3 option 4 option 5 option 6 option 7
Square Toe Pointed Toe Rounded Toe etc etc etc etc
(this level of the menu system would let the user be more specific about
boots. The Boots sub menu items again would be read from a text file that
would read something like this within the boots.txt file which is
represented below.
Square Toe
Pointed Toe
Rounded Toe
Etc
Etc
Etc
etc
The patterns can stop here or go to deeper levels. Eventually the Auto text
entry would be inserted into the template at the predefined location for a
report. A typical Auto text entry would be a precisely worked paragraph
defining an item such as "Square Toed Brown Boots manufactured by the Fry
company in sizes 7 to 13 selling for under $60.00". The actual auto text
would actually be more descriptive and considerably longer at approximately
3 to 7 sentences.
Thanks for your help. Contact me at (e-mail address removed) if you have any
questions. I know that this is also an application for a database and its
reporting format, but it is not my objective to use a database, since many
application on them are inflexible (rigid) as compared with a word processor
such as MS Word.
Al Austin