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Ahead-of-time Alert can this be done?

#1 User is offline   ducky_rh 

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Posted 2007-February-25, 18:27

Is it possible to have the Alert text window appear when it is the previous player's turn to bid? This way, one can type one's alert text ahead of time and just send it off when one's turn to bid arrives.

As it is now, the long delay while the text of an alert is typed pretty much clues the non-bidding partner that an alert is being prepared.
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Posted 2007-February-25, 23:25

You could keep a textedit window open, type your alert in there, and copy it to the clipboard. Then when your bidding box comes up, you can quickly paste the alert.

If you have lots of long-winded alerts, you might look into using OKscript to automate them.

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Posted 2007-February-26, 01:13

Seems to me that what you want to enter in the text box is likely to depend on RHO action. There may be one most frequent entry, ie based on RHO *likely* action, but seems a bit of a business.
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