Macro command

I created a macro in a cell with {Deletemenu "/Tools"}  When I play
this 
macro, I should see the Tools portion of the menu bar disappear.  It does 
not.  Nothing happens.  I have used the "Deletemenu" macro in previous

versions of Quattro successfully.  Please help.

Dave 

Roy,

Thanks for responding.

Unfortunately, the  macro is listed in the macro command help 
file of X3. If that functionality disappeared around V10, why is it still 
included in the current version help file? I am responsible for setting up 
custom spreadsheets for some 60 restaurants and have taken the plunge from 
my existing version (5.0) to X3. We sent Corel over $10,000 for this 
license. If this is the kind of grief I am going to have and haven't really 
even started, I'll be calling them back for a refund and picking up Excel. I 
have literally hundreds of macros to convert. In the long run I'll end up 
saving time if I can't rely on the X3 help menu for accurate information.

Deletemenu is just a simple one (or so I thought) which allows me to keep 
inexperienced computer operators from getting into trouble. During that 
conversion process, how will I know that a macro will not work correctly if 
the existing help file in X3 contains macro commands that are apparently not 
functional? Click Help>Macro Commands>List of Quattro Pro Commands and you

will find  listed without any reference to UI nor any indication 
that it is not functional.

I realize that you are a volunteer and am not bashing you in this text.

Just airing frustration. Let me know if your help file differs from mine 
with regard to the Deletemenu macro command.

Thanks,

Dave

"lemoto" <ctech@corel.ca> wrote in message 
news:VA.000049f1.00206e7d@corel.ca...
>
> Dave:
>> I created a macro in a cell with {Deletemenu "/Tools"}  When
I play this
>> macro, I should see the Tools portion of the menu bar disappear.  It
does
>> not.  Nothing happens.  I have used the "Deletemenu" macro in
previous
>> versions of Quattro successfully.
>>
> That functionality disappeared around, I think, v10. The only method
> currently available is to set up two Workspaces and choose one or the 
> other.
>
> When looking up the macro commands, please note that some begin with UI.
> -- 
> Good wishes!
> Roy Lewis
> C_Tech volunteer
> (UK)
>
> 

Dave:
> I created a macro in a cell with {Deletemenu "/Tools"}  When I
play this 
> macro, I should see the Tools portion of the menu bar disappear.  It does 
> not.  Nothing happens.  I have used the "Deletemenu" macro in
previous 
> versions of Quattro successfully.
>
That functionality disappeared around, I think, v10. The only method 
currently available is to set up two Workspaces and choose one or the other.

When looking up the macro commands, please note that some begin with UI.
-- 
Good wishes!
Roy Lewis
C_Tech volunteer
(UK)

Roy,

If your statement is true, that is an incredible admission of incompetance 
on the part of the developers of this product.  If funds are not available 
to update the help file which is the sole source of in depth documentation 
of the commands, then the product should not have been released or should be 
taken off the market.  (Are you familiar with any other written resource 
listing all the commands that are functional?)  I have an manual for a 1989 
Ford Mustang GT, but need to work on a Chevy?  There is an extremely limited 
source of information pertaining to in depth use of Quattro X3.  The few 
books out there tell you to refer to the help file within Quattro for use of 
macro commands because the list is too exhaustive for a discussion in the 
book.  Maybe that list would not be as exhaustive if only the commands that 
worked were listed.  I am now in a quandary because as I work on converting 
all my macros, and building new ones, I have no idea looking at the help 
file if the command I am using is functional or not.  Deletemenu is only one 
item in a very large list of commands I will be using.  Any suggestions 
other then getting a refund and going back to VB?  I'll bet you that in less 
than a week, if it were my sole priority to run thru every macro command in 
the help file to determine if it were functional or not, I could get it 
done.  Lets see, at $65/hr *50 hours = $3,250.  If Corel can't afford the 
$3,250 to update the help file, their problems are much larger than 
imaginable.  I write this in the hope that someone at Corel reads it and 
puts their head where it needs to be rather than where it is.

Thanks,

Dave

"lemoto" <ctech@corel.ca> wrote in message 
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>
> Dave:
>> Unfortunately, the  macro is listed in the macro command
help
>> file of X3.
>
> Agreed.
>
> If that functionality disappeared around V10, why is it still
>> included in the current version help file?
>
> I guess: because development funds are limited, and checking through the
> Help files is not a top priority.
> -- 
> Good wishes!
> Roy Lewis
> C_Tech volunteer
> (UK)
>
> 

Beta testers could report these problems to help Corel.   That is no 
guarantee that they will be fixed though.

Other problems occur with  for currency, , @Sheets, 
@LastBlankSheet.

 is marked as obsolete in the help.  Since it is related to 
 that might be a clue.

I will add  to Appendix A of my qp macros book.
http://home.aaahawk.com/~khobson/id12.html

The UI methods though would seem to be the best route for control anyway.