Notes On CBS Version 2.0

Major Bugs:

None yet found :)

Compatability

CBS has been tested with :

Minor Problems

If you run FW Release 4, use the macros, quit the program, and then run FW Release 3 ( or any earlier release, presumably) and attempt to use the arexx macros on this earlier version of Final Writer, Final Writer Gurus. I think this is somethin to do with trying to run to different versions of Finalwriter consecutively. ( Note: Why would you want to do this? )

Q:

Final Writer keeps saying it can't find the arexx acripts ?

A:

Two things could be going wrong here :
  1. You need to make sure that all the arexx scripts are placed in the correct directory, and that all the user buttons which accompany them are all pointing to these arexx macros. Read through the installation notes again.
  2. If you have Version 1.6 , some (Not All!!) of the arexx macros are not present - specifically, those macros attached to button strip 3 ( which deals with forms and tables).

Q:

Why doesn't CBS use <I> and <B> ?

A:

Italic and bold codes are Known as Hard HTML code - that is, the user or viewer has no control over what they come out as - where as EMphasise and STRONG are soft codes which allow you the user to specify as being blinking, purple or whatever turns you on. The web is all about interpreting HTML at the users workstation, and guidelines on using HTML3 ( available from the HTML writers guild) suggest that soft HTML codes are a better way to design web pages.

Q:

The scripts don't work ! they put the text in the wrong places

A:

The Arexx scripts will put text in the wrong places if FinalWriter justifies a line after the HTML code has been entered.
The way around this is to keep your text short and snappy, and start a new line if you need to place a large anchor reference on the page - remember, web documents don't care about how much white space you use.
This makes it easier for you to use as well.

Q:

I hate the way the text sometimes appears in red. ?

A:

Yes, Me too. I am trying to sort most of this out, but much of the blame should fall on Softwood, who haven't really sorted out the text colours nicely. The problem is, that if a a piece of text is one colour, and you move the cursor to imediately after that text, the cursor remains in the previous text colour solution: Run on a 4 colour screen, and things will look just dandy.

Q:

When using the macros for list items and for rows and tables, sometimes it misses the last list item. Why does it do this ?

A:

This is because of the way you are selecting the text.

Make sure that on the last selection, you select the entire line. You will know this has happened because when FW highlights an entire line the highlited cursor goes a little further on the page for example :
In the two images Below, note the first is not properly selected (Nice Table coming up):

A Picture A Picture
NotSelected Selected

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