Script Editor

Use the Script Editor to build a macro or to edit a macro already created. The Script Editor is divided into three main sections, the Commands, the Macro Script and the Debugging tabs. Select the commands to insert into the Macro Script. The Macro Script is written so that the top line in the script is the first command that plays back in the macro.

üNote: More than one macro may be open in the editor at the same time. Tabs at the bottom of the window allow for navigation between open macro scripts. Either click on the tab to open or press Ctrl Alt Left Arrow or Ctrl Alt Right Arrow to move between the tabs.

The Script tab contains the list of commands and the macro script. Additional information about the macro can be viewed or edited in the Activations, Variables, Miscellaneous, Scope, Security and Notes tabs.

Located near the top of the editor window is the Macro Nickname field and a macro icon. In the example below, the icon is a blue number five.

The icon (in the example above, a blue number one) is displayed to the left of the macro nickname. Click on the icon to open the Select an Icon window. Click on the browse button to open a folder with a number of icon options. Or navigate to another location on the hard drive to find other icons on the computer. If an icon was not selected at the time the macro was created, the default Macro Express icon is displayed.

The nickname is used to help remember the function of the macro. If a nickname was entered when assigning the macro activation, the nickname is displayed as shown in the image above. The nickname may be changed in this field if desired.

This section displays all of the commands that may be used in Macro Express. To insert a command into the script, scroll to find the command category wanted. Click on the category to display all of the commands available for that category.

Double click on the command to display open a dialog window. Define what the command should do and click OK to insert this command into the Macro Script.

Some commands do not require any user selection. Double clicking on these commands inserts the command directly into the Macro Script without an intermediary window.

Use this function to help locate a specific command within the Commands list. To look for the Password Protection command, enter "pass" without the quotes. This highlights the Password Protection command within the list of commands. Notice that entering the "p" and the "a" first displays the Pause command. Adding the "ss" moves the highlight to the Password Protection command.

This area lists each of the commands that the macro will perform. The macro plays back sequentially through the list beginning with the top item. Edit any of the commands in the list by double clicking on the line of the script to be edited.

There is also a right mouse click context menu available for the items in the Macro Script. Highlight the line or lines of the script needed and then right mouse click. A context menu appears with a variety of options, also available through the Scripting Editor menus.

One item unique to the context menu is the Edit Macro option. Right mouse click on a Macro Run command in the script and select the Edit Macro option. The contents of the macro from the Macro Run command are displayed in a separate tab in the Script Editor.

The Debugging Tabs located near the bottom of the Editor window provide information when attempting to debug a macro. Also click on Debug > View Variable Values or press the F5 key to see a display of all variables used in the macro and the values saved to those variables. These are displayed when running the macro in Test Mode.

Any syntax errors or other problems with the macro are displayed in the Messages tab when saving a macro. This tab will alert you to potential problems with the macro script, such as having a Repeat Start command without a matching Repeat End, or an If command without a matching End If.

This tab displays any breakpoints that were defined in the macro for debugging purposes. The line in the script and the command with the breakpoint are displayed.

This section describes the functionality of the buttons available to help build and modify the macro script.

Button	Function	Description
	Insert Command Before Selected	Inserts the macro command selected from the Commands list above or before the command that is highlighted in the Macro Script edit box. If a script item is not highlighted in the edit box, the macro command is placed as the first or uppermost item in the script.
	Insert Command After Selected	Inserts the macro command selected from the Commands list below or after the script item that is highlighted in the Macro Script edit box. If a script item is not highlighted in the edit box, the macro command is placed below or after the first or uppermost item in the script.
	Add Command to End of Script	Inserts the macro command selected from the Commands list as the last item in the script, below all other items.
	Disable Command	Highlight a line in the Macro Script and then click on this button. It disables the highlighted line in the script, so that it does run during macro playback. A red line is drawn through the disabled script, for a quick visual acknowledgment.
	Enable Command	Highlighting a line in the Macro Script that is disabled displays this symbol. Click on the button to enable the line in the script to allow the command to run during macro playback.
	Direct Editor	Switch from the Script Editor view to the Direct Editor.
	Move Command Up	Moves the highlighted command up one spot in the Macro Script, ahead of other script items already in place. Each click moves the command up one space in the script. Also highlight several consecutive lines in the script and move them all at the same time.
	Move Command Down	Moves the highlighted command down one spot in the edit box, beneath the other script items already in place. Each click moves the command down one space in the script. Also highlight several consecutive lines in the script and move them all at the same time.
	Duplicate Macro Command	Highlight one or more lines of the macro script and click on the Duplicate button. This adds another copy of the command line or lines to the script. This is essentially a one step method for copy and paste. Or press CTRL D to duplicate the highlighted command or commands.
	Insert Comments	Highlight a line in the macro script and click on the Insert Comments button or press Ctrl Alt C to open a Comments edit box. Type any comments about the line in the script into this box and click OK. The comments are inserted next to the command listed in the script.

Keyboard Shortcuts
Below is a list of keyboard shortcuts available in the Script Editor.

Keystroke	Action
Alt+Right Arrow	Move to the macro script area
Alt+Left Arrow	Move to the All Commands panel
Alt+Down Arrow	Move to the Search for command box
Ctrl+Alt+Left Arrow	Move to the previous macro tab.
Ctrl+Alt+Right Arrow	Move to the next macro tab