Macro {SYSTEM} Command Returns A1 If Cursor B

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Revision Date: 29-Feb-96 8:28:57 PM

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WordPerfect® 5.1 for DOS

Problem

Symptoms: When using the system command to check what cell of a table you are in, the documentation states that if you are not in a table it will return no value. If he puts his cursor just before the table definition code and uses that command he gets a value of A1 returned. I can duplicate it. Solutions: What the documentation says is that the system variable is undefined if not in a table. Hence, the value cannot be guaranteed although it does seem to consistently return A1 if the cursor is before a table. What the user needs to do is first use {SYSTEM}document~ to check if he is in a table. If he is in a table ({SYSTEM}document~&512 is true) then he will know that the value of {SYSTEM}cell~is valid.

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