Re: Avoiding Moving The Cursor Before Start of Document

>> Hal,
>>
>> you have getposition and jumptostartofpage to compare the 2 positions
>>
>> hope it helps
>>
>> Fernand
>>
>>
>> Vaughan wrote:
>>> I have a macro collection I've posted about before.  It works like  
>>> the AutoCorrect function, but I've customized it for me.  If I hit  
>>> Ctrl-Shift-T (actually Command-Shift-T since I'm now on an iMac),  
>>> I get a dialog that lets me define a key phrase and the AutoText  
>>> that goes with it.  Then when I'm writing, after any space or at  
>>> the start of a new line, I hit Command-T.  That activates a macro  
>>> that starts at the current cursor position and steps back until it  
>>> finds a space or a control character.  The only problem with this  
>>> is if I do this at the start of a document I end up with a null  
>>> character or something instead and I can't do a comparison on it.  
>>> So is there some way, after moving the cursor, to check and see if  
>>> I'm at the start of the document?
>>>
>>> The code that steps backwards through the characters in the  
>>> document is below.  Notice that all I do is step back, check each  
>>> new character added to the start of the selection and see if the  
>>> value is that of a space or less.  I want to add an If statement  
>>> before I move the cursor left so if I'm trying to move it past the  
>>> start of the document, I can catch it.
>>>
>>> Of course, another alternative is to be able to define a variable  
>>> to whatever character I'd find at the start of the document and  
>>> compare sChar to that value to see if I'm at the start.
>>>
>>> Sub InsertAutoMacroText
>>>
>>>    oDoc = ThisComponent
>>>    oCurs = oDoc.getCurrentController().getViewCursor()
>>>    iEnd = false
>>>    iCount = 0
>>>    Do
>>> 'Go back one character, then get that character and put it in a  
>>> separate variable
>>> 'for comparison.
>>>        oCurs.goLeft(1, true)
>>>        sKey = oCurs.getString()
>>>        sChar = Left(sKey, 1)
>>> 'BUG: This next line throws an error if we try to use this at the  
>>> start of a
>>> 'document.
>>>        iChar = Asc(sChar)
>>> '        MsgBox "String: " + sKey + ", Char: " + sChar + ", Char  
>>> Code: " + iChar
>>>        If iChar < 33 Then iEnd = true
>>>        If iCount > 32 Then iEnd = true
>>>    Loop Until iEnd
>>>    oCurs.goRight(1, true)
>>>    sKey = oCurs.getString()
>>> '    sText = "Replaced ->" + sKey + "<-"
>>>    sText = GetDocumentVariable(sKey)
>>>    oCurs.setString(sText)
>>>    oCurs.collapseToEnd()
>>> End Sub
>>>
>>> I've been going through the API, but I have a disadvantage: I  
>>> haven't been working with it much recently, so I don't seem to  
>>> find things as easily as I have in the past.
>>>
>>> Any help on this is much appreciated!
>>>
>>>
>>> Hal
>>>
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