"Chris B" <c_b### [at] btconnectcomnospam> wrote:
> Hi Randy,
>
> I use something like that to do the graphics for the documentation of some
> of my macros so I can regenerate the images in 'batch' mode.
> I set a variable at the top, either to a fixed value:
>
> #declare ImageNumber = 50;   // 1 to 50 if only generating a single image
>
> or to be equal to the frame number:
>
> /* Using command line options +kfi40 +kff50
> */
> #declare ImageNumber = frame_number;   // used for generating a sequence of
> images
>
>
>  then I have a series of #if statements containing the stuff that's unique
> for each image:
>
> #if (ImageNumber = 3)
>   #declare Image = "SCDefaultNewelTexture";
>
>
> I define a name for each image just so that I can write out a script file at
> the end that I can use to rename the files to give me meaningful file names:
>
> #if (ImageNumber != 0)
>   #if (frame_number = 0) #write(FileID,"REN StairCaseDoc.bmp ",Image,".bmp
> n")
>   #else #write(FileID,"REN StairCaseDoc",ImageNumber,".bmp ",Image,".bmp
> n")
>   #end
> #end
>
> Hope this helps,
>
> Regards,
> Chris B.

DOH !

Ever have one of those moments?

I had not found the built-in identifier "frame_number".

Armed with this tidbit, I think I can automate the generation of my various
views quite nicely !

Thanks much, Chris.

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