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Get Paragraph number
Posted: 2009-05-19 07:26:18
by credneb
For a variety of editing tools, I would like to select the paragraph where the insertion point is placed as a first step. This can be done using:
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Select Previous Paragraph
Select Next Paragaph
I tried
but this doesn't work.
Or, it could be done using
except I can't find any way for the macro to Get Paragraph number. Is there a way?
Cliff Bender
Re: Get Paragraph number
Posted: 2009-05-20 05:07:55
by Kino
credneb wrote:I can't find any way for the macro to Get Paragraph number. Is there a way?
No. As of the version 1.2, there is not a reliable way to do so. You could try something like this:
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$sel = TextSelection.active
$i = 1
while Select Previous Paragraph
$i += 1
end
Select Paragraph $i
exit $i
but the paragraph number returned by it differs from the one shown by NW Pro when there is a table and the code is obviously stupid if your purpose is just to "select the paragraph where the insertion point is placed".
Re: Get Paragraph number
Posted: 2009-05-20 05:23:32
by credneb
Thanks for confirming that there is no way to get the paragraph number in a macro.
I guess that there is likewise no way to get the number of the other objects used by the various Select (object) [i]number[/i] commands. If you can't get the number, I can't see a use for these commands -- but I'm sure someone will.