◄Tips► ◄Up► ◄Contents► ◄Index► ◄Back► ─────Programmer's WorkBench───────────────────────────────────────────────── Tell («tell») Displays the message "Press a key to tell about" and waits for a keystroke. After you press a key or combination of keys, Tell brings up the Tell dialog box showing the name of the key and its assigned function in TOOLS.INI key-assignment format. The key-assignment format is: function:key If the key is not assigned a function, Tell displays 'unassigned' for the function name. See: Unassigned If you press a combination of keys, but Tell still shows the 'Press a key' prompt (when you press SCROLL LOCK, for example), PWB is unable to recognize that combination of keys and you cannot use it as a key assignment. Arg Tell («arg» «tell») Prompts for a key, then displays the name of the function or macro assigned to the key in one of these formats: function:key macroname:=definition Arg <textarg> Tell («arg» <textarg> «tell») Displays the value of the macro named by <textarg>. If you specify a PWB function, Tell displays function:function Meta ... Tell «meta» ... «tell» As above except Tell types the result into the current file rather than displaying it in a dialog box. This is how to discover the definition of any macro, including PWB macros. Returns True: Assignment displayed or typed. False: No assignment for the key or the specified name. See Assign, Record ◄Edit menu, Set Record► ◄Edit menu, Record On► Update In PWB 1.x, the prompt and results appear on the status bar: in PWB 2.0, the prompt and results appear in dialog boxes. -♦-