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I seem to be having trouble with the line marker "; " in all the
notes sections of the objects file. It doesnt is being ignored on the screen when right clicking on objects and units and in the printout as well. I'm using 2.x of AB from the cd with th updates to 2.2 downloaded. have tried this: " ; " and that doesnt work either. Also the conflict message that comes up when there is a an object conflict should have a line of its own due to the '; " but it doesnt. Anyone got any ideas? ------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Sponsor ---------------------~--> Win a Marvel vs. CapCom 2 Arcade System! Click Here to Enter... http://us.click.yahoo.com/9YX7sC/o58...uFAA/IMSolB/TM ---------------------------------------------------------------------~-> |
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The ';' delimiter does not always insert a line break. The exact behavior
depends on the context in which you are using AB. For example, if you include a ';' within comments or notes for an option, each of the segments should be displayed on separate lines when you right-click on the optoin within the Options Panel. However, the same segments will be displayed on the same line, simply being separated by a ';' within the printed roster output. If you right-click on the UNIT and select Show Roster Notes, you will see the printed roster output with the ';' as a separator. Since the "conflict" message is treated as another note for output, it behaves the exact same way. If you want to force AB to put all options on separate lines, you can do so. To do this, go to the Settings menu, select Output Settings, and make sure that the Options on Separate Lines item is checked. Hope this helps, Rob At 08:30 PM 8/24/2001 +0000, you wrote: >I seem to be having trouble with the line marker "; " in all the >notes sections of the objects file. It doesnt is being ignored on the >screen when right clicking on objects and units and in the printout >as well. I'm using 2.x of AB from the cd with th updates to 2.2 >downloaded. have tried this: " ; " and that doesnt work either. Also >the conflict message that comes up when there is a an object conflict >should have a line of its own due to the '; " but it doesnt. Anyone >got any ideas? --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Rob Bowes (rob@wolflair.com) (650) 726-9689 Lone Wolf Development www.wolflair.com ------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Sponsor ---------------------~--> Win a Marvel vs. CapCom 2 Arcade System! Click Here to Enter... http://us.click.yahoo.com/9YX7sC/o58...uFAA/IMSolB/TM ---------------------------------------------------------------------~-> |
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--- In armybuilder@y..., Rob Bowes <rob@w...> wrote:
> If you want to force AB to put all options on separate lines, you can do > so. To do this, go to the Settings menu, select Output Settings, and make > sure that the Options on Separate Lines item is checked. > Appreciate the Reply Rob but I didnt make myself quite as clear as I should have, which after 30 years of mainly assmebly language 'boiler plate' programming isnt suprising. What I want to do is list a set of weapon stats under the unit, one to a line. Setting the Options on Seperate Lines item only works for the user. Hopefully I'm not the only user of this army list. What I want to do is to present them lined up in the print file. At present the only way I see is to turn them into a type of child unit that will display under the parent unit when printed out. Are there any other ways of doing this? Thanks again for the reply. Willis Von Casten (Hehe) ------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Sponsor ---------------------~--> Win a Marvel vs. CapCom 2 Arcade System! Click Here to Enter... http://us.click.yahoo.com/9YX7sC/o58...uFAA/IMSolB/TM ---------------------------------------------------------------------~-> |
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Ah! That makes more sense now. :-)
You have a couple of options on handling this. You can use child units with stat sets (as you pointed out). You can implement the weapons as items that are attached via the "take" option attribute. OR, and probably the easiest, you can assign each option the "apnd" attribute. This way, each weapon will appear on its own line beneath the unit. The only limitation of this approach is that, IF the unit has various child units, the options will all appear after the last child unit (i.e. grouped together at the end). Another very powerful and convenient technique is to use the "apnd:foot" form of the attribute. This lists all the weapons used in the roster within a single long list at the end of the roster, providing a quick reference sheet for the units in the roster. Each unit still has each option listed in its description, so you know which unit has what. Only the details are placed at the end of the roster. Hope this helps, Rob At 05:25 PM 8/25/2001 +0000, you wrote: >Appreciate the Reply Rob but I didnt make myself quite as clear as I >should have, which after 30 years of mainly assmebly language 'boiler >plate' programming isnt suprising. > What I want to do is list a set of weapon stats under the unit, one >to a line. Setting the Options on Seperate Lines item only works for >the user. Hopefully I'm not the only user of this army list. What I >want to do is to present them lined up in the print file. At present >the only way I see is to turn them into a type of child unit that >will display under the parent unit when printed out. Are there any >other ways of doing this? Thanks again for the reply. > > Willis Von Casten (Hehe) --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Rob Bowes (rob@wolflair.com) (650) 726-9689 Lone Wolf Development www.wolflair.com ------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Sponsor ---------------------~--> Win a Marvel vs. CapCom 2 Arcade System! Click Here to Enter... http://us.click.yahoo.com/9YX7sC/o58...uFAA/IMSolB/TM ---------------------------------------------------------------------~-> |
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