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easier to
enter the weather records row by row and check the data column by
column thus making typing errors easier to detect. Although entering
the data from the numeric keypad was quick and easy, having to press
both <enter> and <tab> which is on the other side of the keyboard made
data entry clumsy (also it needed both hands and I had no spare finger
to keep my place on the record sheet). What was needed was a single
key press to enter the data in the slot and tab along to the next
column. This was easily achieved by setting up a Key file to redefine
the # key on the keypad to generate both enter and tab.
This worked well and I kept a bespoke PD2 on a floppy with the data as
I didn't want the # key re-programmed for normal PipeDream use. I
continued to use PD2 to keep the weather records even after I had
PipeDream 3, again because I didn't want to permanently have a key file
redefining my # key. With the advent of PipeDream 4 with its Command
files I thought now is the time to stop using PD2 and move to PD4 for
all purposes. The command file to re-programme the # key in PD4 turned
out to be the same as the Key file for PD2. When the command file is
dragged into the open PD4 window the # key is re-programmed as
expected, if you press the # key the caret moves down one row and
across one column. If however, you enter a number into a slot and
press the # key you just get a # after the number and the re-programmed
key DOES NOT WORK. After much reading of the manuals I also tried
simply re-programming the key to act as the <tab> key since in PD4
simply pressing the <tab> key will enter a value into the current slot
and move to the next. This gave the same result, OK when not editing a
slot but failed to work after entering numbers in a slot.
I then tried this problem on PD3 since I had never entered any weather
data using this program before. It transpires that PD4 command files
have the same filetype as PD3 macro files (you probably knew this
already) and when the unaltered command/macro file was dragged into a
PD3 window it re-programmed the # key as expected and continued to work
when entering data into a spreadsheet slot as in PD2.
The question is, is there a way of achieving my desire of entering data
into a spreadsheet and moving to the next column with a single press of
one of the keypad keys while using PipeDream 4, or must I go back to
PD3. I enclose Januarys weather as an example and the command file
WthrKey to illustrate my problem. Is this a real %H4%feature%H4% (bug) of
PD4 or am I missing something?
%R%Richard Darby 20.2.93
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