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From: cremer@Apple.COM (Mike Cremer)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.programmer
Subject: Re: Alerts
Summary: paramtext for alerts/dialogs
Keywords: paramtext
Message-ID: <24094@apple.Apple.COM>
Date: 16 Jan 89 23:05:20 GMT
References: <598@cf-cm.UUCP> <18710@santra.UUCP>
Organization: Apple Computer Inc, Cupertino, CA
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In article <598@cf-cm.UUCP> Dr. Ralph Martin
(ralph@computing-maths.cardiff.ac.uk) writes:
> In the text for an alert, [...] I actually want the strings "^0"
> and so on to appear in my alert, and not to be substituted.

There is a simple way to get "^0" in a dialog/alert, though admittedly
it does burn *two* slots:

ParamText('^', '0', '', '');

This does work (I tried it before responding), so in conjunction
with some smart Concat's you ought to be able to get the message
you want.

Hope this helps.

$mike cremer

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