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Date: Sun, 21 Jul 1996 21:39:47 -0700
From: Travis Griggs <tkc@3-cities.com>
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Subject: Re: Transcript Show ?
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Thomas Kendelbacher wrote:
> 
> In article <4sqcpe$8j6$1@mhade.production.compuserve.com>, peter lener <73044.1446@CompuServe.COM> writes:
> >using visual works--how do i show today's date on a transcript
> >window?
> >something like Transcript show Date today ? --i am new to st and
> >am learning concepts
> 
> Try "Transcript show: Date today printString".
> 
> Try also to run this in the debugger to see what's really happening
> (e.g. by evaluating "Transcript halt; show: ...")
> 
And now that you've tried that how about the following for kickers:

Transcript nextPutAll: Date today printString.

and

Transcript print: Date today.

You can go and look at the three methods (browse class TextCollector) to 
see how they use each other.

-- 
Travis Griggs
tkc@3-cities.com
(509) 943-4210
