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Compatible with versions WP9-WPX3 |
A WordPerfect 9+ macro that inserts
all photos or other graphic images of a user-specified type found
in a user-specified folder into a new, blank document. A menu
gives several options (the number of photos, their size, captions,
etc.).
 This macro is a "work in progress."
The layouts of the inserted images are based on the author's
preferences, and may not suit your needs. That said, your suggestions for improvements are
welcome.
For a sample of the macro's output using
some Corel JPG photos, click here.
Macro writers may be interested in the
way the macro gets a list of all the specified images in a folder/directory,
and then sorts their filenames alphabetically before inserting
them. This is done with the FileFind and SortArray macro commands,
which may be useful in your own work. (The author thanks J. Dan
Broadhead, developer of the PerfectScript core macro language,
for many of the code segments used to perform these operations.]
INSTRUCTIONS
and NOTES:
- You must select the location
of the images and their filename extension (e.g., *.jpg) in the
menu that appears when you play the macro. If the macro cannot
find any images of the specified type it will display an error
message and exit, so you should "point" the macro to
the correct drive, folder, and filename extension type before
pressing "OK" on the menu.
- You can set the menu's default
values -- including your preferred folder location -- in the
redlined "User Modification Area" in the macro's code.
Just open the macro like any other WordPerfect document, make
the changes, and click the Save & Compile button on the macro
toolbar.
- The first time you play the
macro or edit it, you may get a warning message about the SortArray command being obsolete. It was marked
obsolete by Corel; however, this command seems to work just fine
-- which appears to be true of most, if not all, "obsolete"
macro commands. Just press "Continue Compilation" if
you get this warning message.
- Warnings about obsolete commands
were implemented by Corel in WP9/sp4. But even though many commands
have been named 'obsolete' by Corel since very early WP versions
— probably with a view toward consistency and conservation
of code overhead — most still work, and probably will work
in versions to come.
- The order of files in the source
directory/folder may be different than expected due to the way
Windows stores files. Hence, you have a choice of "ascending"
or "descending" order on the menu. Try each to see
which works best for your particular setup, and set the default
menu choice in the User Modification Area of the macro's code.
(If you want more technical information, see the comment at the
end of the macro about FileFind, SortArray, etc.)
- If some images are rotated (e.g.,
flipped upside down), you can select the image (right-mouse click),
then choose Image Tools to flip the image.
- If you have not installed all
graphic converters when you installed WordPerfect, you may not
be able to insert the images. Do a custom install to include
them if necessary.
TIP for digital
camera users:
Since the images can be on any
drive, you may be able to import them directly from your digital
camera if your operating system recognizes the camera's storage
medium as a removable disk drive. Note that this macro only reads
(i.e., inserts) the images into the current document. It does
not write over any existing images inside your camera or on your
hard drive, nor does it erase the originals.
For example, the author has a
Nikon Coolpix 775, and in Windows XPHome the camera's CompactFlash
memory shows up in Windows Explorer as drive E. So the path to
all the in-camera photos for that specific system and camera
would be E:\DCIM\100NIKON\*.JPG.
Just hook up the camera to the
computer, turn the camera on, and open Windows Explorer or My
Computer. See if it "sees" the camera as a new drive.
If so, you should be able to select the drive and path to the
directory/folder in the camera that contains your photos.
Related camera tips:
When you click the menu drop
list ("Location of images") to specify the camera's
storage location, you may have to refresh (F5, or View>Refresh)
the folder list in the Select Folder dialog. The camera's drive
letter should then appear in the tree, usually labeled "Removable
disk." Also, you can toggle the list view On/Off with View>List
or with the toolbar button. This lets you see the filenames (thus,
the eligible file types) in the selected directory/folder before
processing. |
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