From: carter@cemvax.cem.msu.edu (Tom Carter)
Newsgroups: comp.os.ms-windows.apps
Subject: Re: W4W Citation Macros
Date: 16 Oct 92 13:19:40 GMT
Article-I.D.: msuinfo.1992Oct16.131940.860
Organization: Michigan State University, Chemistry Dept., E. Lansing, MI

In article <719144539.14385@minster.york.ac.uk> simon@minster.york.ac.uk writes:
>Mohammad Al-Ansari (alansar@ccs.northeastern.edu) wrote:
>: [other stuff omitted].... One
>: thing that would ENORMOUSLY improve the program, IMHO, is the ability to start
>: the searches and insert the references without having to leave Winword and use
>: the clipboard, etc.  The documentation talks about this and mentions that it
>: can be done using DDE or something to that effect. That combined with some
>: macros for Winword would make this program MUCH more useful, IMO. 
>
>This is *exactly* the sort of suggestions I've been after - thanks!
>Starting searches from inside Word strikes me as a very good idea.
>
>I've been thinking about using DDE to communicate between WinRefer and
>W4W.  There are a couple of difficulties I'm still pondering:  the first
>is that I'd rather not get too tied into W4W, because I'd like WinRefer
>to work with other word processors too;  the second is the problem of
>forcing Word to insert text via a DDE link, which I'm not sure is possible.
>It's perfectly possible from the Word end to request data from a DDE
>client, but I don't know about the other way around.
>
>Using the clipboard is a bit of a pain, I know, but it has the advantage
>of being completely portable between all word processing (and other)
>applications.
>
>The next version of WinRefer I release probably *won't* have any DDE support.
>It should, however,  have some handy Word macros, indexing and support 
>for other reference database formats.  The release date isn't certain
>as I've got a thesis to finish (preferably before the end of the month),
>but it'll be on CICA (and announced on the net) as soon as possible given
>these other commitments.
>
>There's a small update to the current version on minster.york.ac.uk
>(144.32.128.41), in the directory pub/simon.  This fixes a couple of bugs
>in the addition of new reference files.
>
>Thanks for your use of WinRefer, and your comments.  I'd welcome other
>suggestions, comments, criticisms (even justified flames).
>
>
>-- Si
>
>Simon A. Dobson
>
>Dept. of computer science,    \    If I'd the knack,
>University of York,            \     I'd sing like
>Heslington, York, UK.           \      Cherry flakes falling.
>
>simon@minster.york.ac.uk

Here's my wish list:

I'd like to be able to import the output from a Chem. Abstracts search.
I'd like to be able to input and update and create new databases and entries.
                                            ^^^^^^
I'll send more ideas as I think of them.

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