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Re: [ECS] Help writing Text Item to File.Item Don Stephens Sat, 8 Jan 2000 17:07:11 -0800

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Thanks:
 I see.
Don
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From: "Scott Reston" <ih8gates@concentric.net>
To: <ecs-list@netbloc.com>
Sent: Saturday, January 08, 2000 12:27 PM
Subject: Re: [ECS] Help writing Text Item to File.Item


> you have to cheat a bit. make a text-item that refers to the file. the
text value for the item should start with an @ sign. for example:
> @c:\path\to\your\file.txt
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> then set the text-item to speak.
>
>
> scott reston
> ih8gates@concentric.net
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>
> On Sat, 8 Jan 2000 10:32:55 -0800, Don Stephens wrote:
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> >OK..Works for me too. I don't know what in the hell I did wrong. Thanks.
Now
> >that I've done that how can I make ECS speak a File-Item? The whole point
of
> >this exercise was to create a file that ECS could speak. A Text item
can't
> >be any longer than 128 characters, I think.
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