"What I really want is to extend the editor and only have to push a couple
of buttons. One to get the data, the other to output the formatted
records."
We raised the absence of a Rexx-type facility with IBM way back when the
first release of WDSC came out - but it has never happened and since we now
on V7 I doubt it ever will. They have this weird notion that we'll program
the extensions in Java I guess!
I find the Outline view field list and or Table view good enough and simply
enter the code by hand but the other option I have used mught appeal to you.
I always use Snagit for my screen captures etc. and among other wonderful
features it has a text capture mode. Really useful for grabbing the text so
you can report idiot error messages! You could set Snagit up to do text
capture with clipboard output from a region. Then when you hit Prt Sc (or
Ctrl+P) it brings up the bounding box, drag it round the fields you want and
paste them from the clipboard. Not as nice as a macro I know but at least
you'd have a product that was useful in other ways!
Of course one of the java literate folks like Joe or Aaron might also
volunteer to magically produce a plug-in ...
Jon Paris
Partner400
www.Partner400.com
