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Re: Is a conditional evaluation of sections of a notebook possible?

• To: mathgroup at smc.vnet.net
• Subject: [mg119816] Re: Is a conditional evaluation of sections of a notebook possible?
• From: David Reiss <dbreiss at gmail.com>
• Date: Fri, 24 Jun 2011 07:44:22 -0400 (EDT)
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On Jun 23, 7:33 am, UweT <uwe.thuem... at googlemail.com> wrote:
> Heike indeed pointed in a good direction. For me the following worked:
>
> setEvaluatable[condition_] := (NotebookLocate["tag"];
>   If[condition==value,
>    SetOptions[NotebookSelection[], Evaluatable -> False,
>      Background -> LightRed];,
>    SetOptions[NotebookSelection[], Evaluatable -> True,
>      Background -> None];]);
>
> If condition==value is True all cells with tag "tag" are set to Evaluatable->False and the background color of these cells is changed to LightRed.  If condition==value is False, the cells with tag "tag" are set to Evaluatable->True and the background color of the cells is set to None.
>
> Best,
> Uwe

And for some tips on tagging, take a look at:

http://scientificarts.com/worklife/conference2008.html

--David