Tutorial

Getting Started with Macros

Macro Editor

User Interface

Menus and Toolbar

Editing Macros

Macro Debugging

How To

Using variables

Finding and modifying objects

Creating new page content

Asking for user input

Storing persistent data

Using binary data

Sorting objects

Macro menus

Bulleted and numbered lists

Sample Macros

Concepts

Expressions

Objects

Properties

Variables

Data Types

Arrays

Functions

Literals

Operators

Comments

Last updated on: September 02, 2024
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Menus and Toolbar

Macro Editor has menus and a toolbar to edit and debug the macro. The toolbar contains the most used actions:

Macro Editor Toolbar

Menus contain all these buttons and additional items for editing the macro:

File

NewCtrl+N Closes the current macro and creates a new empty one
Open...Ctrl+O Displays the Open Macro dialog
SaveCtrl+S Saves the current macro
Save As... Saves a copy of the current macro with a different name
Import... Imports a previously exported macro
Export... Exports the current macro to an external file
Edit Macro Info... Displays the Edit Macro Info dialog
Share on Macroland... Starts the process to upload the current macro to Macroland
Delete Deletes the current macro
CloseAlt+F4 Closes the Macro Editor

Edit

Edit in VSCodeF2 Opens the configured default external editor to edit the macro
Manage External Editors... Displays the Manage External Editors dialog
FindCtrl+F Opens the search box
Find NextF3 Repeats last search forward
Find PreviousShift+F3 Repeats the last search backward

View

Object BrowserCtrl+J Displays or hides the Object Browser to see object hierarchy
Switch to Function Displays the function list to switch to one of them
Next FunctionCtrl+Tab Switches to the next function
Previous FunctionCtrl+Shift+Tab Switches to the previous function
Show White Space Toggles display of white space characters
Zoom InCtrl+Plus Increases the zoom level
Zoom OutCtrl+Minus Decreases the zoom level
Reset ZoomCtrl+0 Resets the zoom level to 100%

Menu

Create Macro Menu Creates a Setup function for this macro or switches to it if it already exists
Debug Menu Item> Runs a menu item for the current macro under the debugger
Run Menu Item under Debugger> Runs a menu item for the current macro under the debugger
Run Menu Item> Runs a menu item for the current macro

Reference

Statements

for

foreach

if

else if

else

switch

case

default

while

expression

comment

break

continue

return

Hierarchy Objects

NotebookRoot

Notebook

SectionGroup

Section

Page

Page Objects

Title

Outline

Table

Column

Row

Cell

Paragraph

Text

Image

EmbeddedFile

Tag

Other Objects

DialogBox

MacroMenu

Window

Functions

Array Functions

Color Functions

Data Store Functions

Date/Time Functions

Dialog Box Functions

Macro Execution Functions

Macro Menu Functions

Object Functions

Special Functions

String Functions

Window Functions