how to concatenate all open files into one new document?

[Lawrence]

I've tried writing a macro to copy text from one document to another but macros do not seem to work across documents. I'm looking for a way to concatenate all open documents into one new document.

thanks

[boldan]

I'm looking for a way to concatenate all open documents into one new document.

thanks

I realize that this won't do it in Textpad, but you can concatenate several files just by using the COPY command in a DOS window. It even accepts wildcards.

Copies one or more files to another location.

COPY [/A | /B] source [/A | /B] [+ source [/A | /B] [+ ...]] [destination
[/A | /B]] [/V] [/N]

source Specifies the file or files to be copied.
/A Indicates an ASCII text file.
/B Indicates a binary file.
destination Specifies the directory and/or filename for the new file(s).
/V Verifies that new files are written correctly.
/N Uses short filename, if available, when copying a file with a
non-8dot3 name.
/Z Copies networked files in restartable mode.

To append files, specify a single file for destination, but multiple files
for source (using wildcards or file1+file2+file3 format).

[Lawrence]

Indeed I have always resorted to doing it that way or with a small VB application that accepts dropped files. Too bad macros can't operate on more than one window.

thanks

[helios]

If the files are not open in TextPad, you can use the Insert Files option on the Edit menu to insert selected files into a new document.

[Lawrence]

That works great! It will certainly work for me.

thanks

[pjdusza]

Is there a limit on the number of files for which this method will work?