APPLICATION NOTE #115
 PUTTING DEFINED TEXT ON THE COMMAND LINE
 Rev. 01


 This application note describes a program that lets XyWrite III Plus 
users put defined text onto the command line. This program is useful 
if you want to search for a long string of text without retyping it 
on the command line.


 CREATING THE PROGRAM
 To create a program that will put defined text into the command line, 
first decide on a name for the program (we'll use DEFINE.PGM), and 
select a Save/Get key that will be reserved for this program (for 
example, Save/Get 9).

   1.  Create a new program file.

        Type:  F5nep define.pgm<CR>

   2.  Press:  Ctrl-F9              (to switch to expanded display)

   3.  Press:  Scroll Lock          (to turn record mode on)

   4.  Select the Save/Get key that the program will use to hold 
defined text
      (for example, Save/Get 9).

      Press:  F2-9

   5.  Press:  Scroll Lock           (to turn record mode off)

   6.  Type:  F5pfunc gh<CR>

   7.  Press:  Ctrl-<

   8.  Type:  pv9

   9.  Press:  Ctrl->

  10.  Type:  F5pfunc gt<CR>

  11.  Press:  Ctrl-<

  12.  Type:  ex

  13.  Press:  Ctrl->

       Result: Your completed program file should look like this:

          SV 9GH <<pv9>>GT<<ex>>

  14.  Store the program file.


 USING THE PROGRAM
 To use the program DEFINE.PGM:

  1.  Assign the program to an available Save/Get key. (Don't use the 
Save/Get
      key you reserved in the previous procedure. That key is used to 
hold
      defined text; the key you are assigning in this step is used to 
hold the
      program.)

        Type:  F5ldpm define.pgm,c<CR>

  2.  Define the text you want to save.

  3.  Move the cursor to point in the command line that you want the 
text
      inserted.

  4.  Press:  Alt-C

    Result:  The text you defined in Step 2 is entered in the command 
line at
    the current cursor location. Text that is already in the command 
line is
    not overwritten.


 Notes:  To make sure your program is always loaded, you could put the 
LDPM command in your startup file.

 For more information about XyWrite's programming language, refer to 
Chapter 5 of the XyWrite Reference Guide.