[pstricks] Need Advice on \multido

[Herbert Voss]

Rich Shepard wrote:
>   I've read the multido doc and I understand the concepts in there. 
> However,
> I'm having difficulty applying what I understand to my developing form. The
> code is below.
> 
>   What I want to do is print \psovalbox a specified number of times across
> the page width, and repeat that for a specified number of lines. Above the
> boxes I'll want a row of text that explains the value of each oval, and on
> the left side I'll want a row number (to correspond to each question 
> number).
> 
>   The first \psovalbox in the code is there because that's what I used 
> to get
> an open oval to print; it will be removed once I really understand what I'm
> doing. Adding the \multido line causes an empty display when I try to view
> the PostScript in LyX. I tried adding a dimension and space to the command
> (\multido{\d=7mm,7mm}{10}{stuff}) but that still results in an empty file.

read the multido doc.

 >\begin{pspicture}(0,0)

this is a senseless definition

 >  \multido{}{10}{\makebox[7mm]{psovalbox[linecolor=blue]{%
 >  \rule{0.35em}{0pt}}

be sure that you set the {} in a correct way

\begin{pspicture}(70mm,2ex)% for example
   \multido{}{10}{\makebox[7mm]{\psovalbox[linecolor=blue]{%
   \rule{0.35em}{0pt}}}}
\end{pspicture}


Herbert