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RE: [ECS] Event programming question Martin Terry Sun, 7 Mar 1999 08:46:24 -0800

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Thanks Mark. How about some clarification on the T(d)<-T(d) operator?


-----Original Message-----
From: Mark Gilmore [mailto:omnip@usit.net]
Sent: Sunday, March 07, 1999 9:02 AM
To: ecs-list@netbloc.com
Subject: Re: [ECS] Event programming question


Martin,
Create a batch file (e.g. "X.BAT") containing:
  ED X.TXT    (or any other filename)
  D
  W
  Q

Then create a Text Item whose text is "X".
Setting it to EXECUTE will then delete the
1st line of X.TXT.

Martin Terry wrote:
> 
> Mark (or anybody else that can answer this)-
> 
> I'm a little fuzzy about the T(d)<-T(d) operator in event programming,
even
> after reading the description. Can you give a short example of how this is
> used?
> 
> Also, what I'm really driving at is having an event delete the first line
of
> a text file, but leaving remaining lines as is. Is anyone doing something
> like this in ECS? Can you post a short example?

-- 
Mark Gilmore
Omnipotence (ECS Home Automation Software)
omnip@usit.net
http://www.usit.com/omnip

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