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Compatible with WordPerfect 9 and later
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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. |