Steve,

This isn't quite how we were doing things here, but this is exactly what
I was looking for....in fact, it is better and easier than I was
expecting.

I like this list!

Kevin

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Dirickson Steve [SMTP:[log in to unmask]]
> Sent: Tuesday, June 02, 1998 3:33 PM
> To:   [log in to unmask]
> Subject:      Re: Transact question
>
> I kind of lost the thread of your code, so pardon my starting from
> scratch.
>
> To generate a string containing control or other
> not-easy-to-specify-in-Transact characters:
> 1)      define an I(4,0,2), or similar, item with two X(1) children
> 2)      stuff your special value into the I item as a numeric value
> 3)      extract the *second* child field as a character
>
> For example
> define(item)   ctrl   I(4,0,2):
>                cc2    X(1)=ctrl(2);
> <<other definitions/declarations left as an exercise for the reader>>
> let (ctrl) = 27;
> move (string) = (cc2) + "&dC" + "This is blinking";
> display string,nohead;
>
> The ASCII value for the double quote character is 34 (decimal).
>
>
> Steve
>
> Steve Dirickson         WestWin Consulting
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