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 1  Description

RecentFiles is a collection of all recently opened files listed in the File menu. The individual elements of this collection are of the type RecentFile.

 2  Access to the collection

There is exactly one instance of the RecentFiles collection during the whole runtime of TextMaker. It is accessed directly through the Application.RecentFiles object:

' Show the name of the first recent file in the File menu

MsgBox tm.Application.RecentFiles.Item(1).Name

 

' Open the first recent file in the File menu

tm.Application.RecentFiles.Item(1).Open

 3  Properties, objects, collections and methods

Properties:

▪Count R/O

▪Maximum

 

Objects:

▪Item → RecentFile (default object)

▪Application → Application

▪Parent → Application

 

Methods:

▪Add

Count (property, R/O)

Data type: Long

Returns the number of RecentFile objects in TextMaker – in other words: the number of the recently opened files listed in the File menu.

Maximum (property, R/O)

Data type: Long

Gets or sets the setting "Recently used files in File menu" – in other words: the number of recently opened files that can be displayed in the File menu.

The value may be between 0 and 9.

Item (pointer to object)

Data type: Object

Returns an individual RecentFile object, i.e. one individual file entry in the File menu.

Which RecentFile object you get depends on the numeric value that you pass to Item: 1 for the first of the recently opened files, 2 for the second, etc.

Application (pointer to object)

Data type: Object

Returns the Application object.

Parent (pointer to object)

Data type: Object

Returns the parent object, i.e. Application.

Add (method)

Adds a document to the list of recently opened files.

Syntax:

 Add Document, [FileFormat]

Parameters:

 tmFormatDocument          =  0 ' TextMaker document

 tmFormatTemplate          =  1 ' TextMaker document template

 tmFormatWinWord97         =  2 ' Microsoft Word 97 and 2000

 tmFormatOpenDocument      =  3 ' OpenDocument, OpenOffice.org, StarOffice

 tmFormatRTF               =  4 ' Rich Text Format

 tmFormatPocketWordPPC     =  5 ' Pocket Word for Pocket PCs

 tmFormatPocketWordHPC     =  6 ' Pocket Word for Handheld PCs (Windows CE)

 tmFormatPlainTextAnsi     =  7 ' Text file with Windows character set

 tmFormatPlainTextDOS      =  8 ' Text file with DOS character set

 tmFormatPlainTextUnicode  =  9 ' Text file with Unicode character set

 tmFormatPlainTextUTF8     = 10 ' Text file with UTF8 character set

 tmFormatHTML              = 12 ' HTML document

 tmFormatWinWord6          = 13 ' Microsoft Word 6.0

 tmFormatPlainTextUnix     = 14 ' Text file for UNIX, Linux, FreeBSD

 tmFormatWinWordXP         = 15 ' Microsoft Word XP and 2003

 tmFormatTM2006            = 16 ' TextMaker 2006 document

 tmFormatOpenXML           = 17 ' Microsoft Word 2007 and later

 tmFormatTM2008            = 18 ' TextMaker 2008 document

 tmFormatOpenXMLTemplate   = 22 ' Microsoft Word document template 2007 and later

 tmFormatWinWordXPTemplate = 23 ' Microsoft Word document template XP and 2003

 tmFormatTM2012            = 27 ' TextMaker 2012 document

 tmFormatTM2016            = 28 ' TextMaker 2016 document

 tmFormatTM2016Template    = 29 ' TextMaker 2016 document template

Return type:

Example:

' Add the file Test.rtf to the File menu

tm.Application.RecentFiles.Add "Test.rtf", tmFormatRTF

 

' Do the same, but evaluate the return value (mind the parentheses!)

Dim fileObj as Object

Set fileObj = tm.Application.RecentFiles.Add("Test.rtf", tmFormatRTF)

MsgBox fileObj.Name