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From: Stunt Engraver (DGL) [#30]
2 Jul 2006
To: Carl (CSEWELL) [#29] 2 Jul 2006

Carl,

You said the "P" word. :-$

It's a bad word, depending on which direction the "P" is heading. :-)

My generosity will be limited, until we take that step. >.<

From: sprinter [#31]
2 Jul 2006
To: ALL

I've been following this thread and I still haven't found any reasoning of how VBA's would be of true value to engravers. Most of the features are already in Corel that have been mentioned here. VBA's are more suited to CAD designers having to make many repetitive changes over layers, which is not needed for engraving tasks. It takes far longer to write or even evoke the macros than to make a few manual changes for the engravers needs. The only macros I can think of that would be of benefit is to make repetitive templetes or doing gang engraving of multiple items with the same text (golf tees would be an example). Members would be better off learning the advanced features of corel than learning the VBA language.

From: Carl (CSEWELL) [#32]
2 Jul 2006
To: sprinter [#31] 2 Jul 2006

Thanks! That's the type of input I'm looking for.

I happen to use several macros and will definitely use more since my 'style' is based on my many years of using advanced CAD programs and relying on the advanced features that they have. Every shortcut that I can take, even if it takes significant time to develop, has the potential to make me more profitable and improve the service, quality, and accuracy to my customers.

Starting VBA macros in CorelDraw can be as simple as any other CorelDraw command or tool. They can be added to toolbars in just a few seconds. I have a flyout that has just macros with their own icon that makes them easy for me to run. It would be a good idea to export your workspace so it can be easily(?) restored should a problem develop.

I wouldn't recommend anyone embarking on learning VBA just for CorelDraw. I think the learning curve would be far too steep for most people that don't have a programming background. Then again, some people might enjoy the challenge.

I do believe that there is potential for even inexperienced users to take advantage of existing VBA macros, even it is only one or two. And that may not be enough for most people to mess with them. So far, the one that people believe to be the best candidate is an alternative for 'print merge'. Are there any others?

From: Carl (CSEWELL) [#33]
2 Jul 2006
To: Stunt Engraver (DGL) [#30] 2 Jul 2006

quote:

You said the "P" word.

So very, very sorry. I'll try to be a better engraver and mind my "Ps" and "Qs".

{Am I banished forever, or just for a probationary period? I edited my post. Does that lessen the sentence?}

From: Stunt Engraver (DGL) [#34]
2 Jul 2006
To: Carl (CSEWELL) [#33] 2 Jul 2006

Carl,

I'm feeling benevolent today. No time-outs. :P

From: Carl (CSEWELL) [#35]
7 Jul 2006
To: ALL

All;

I just spent several minutes counting letters on a plaque to see if my guesstimate pricing was even close. It wasn't. So I spent 5 minutes creating a CorelDraw VBA macro that will count all the letters in the current selection set (must be text, not curves). It doesn't count CR, FF, LF, etc. For those that are ASCII literate the range is between 32 and 127, non-inclusive.

The macro is about 22 lines long, but only about half of them are absolutely necessary.

Would this macro be of any use to anyone?

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