WayneSimacek

A very "expedient" way I use to get rid of some annoying pop-ups that are impacting my work flow and piling up are to always "assume" they will occure and send a quick <Enter> keystroke or left mouse click to dismiss them before the next step. ....of course the downside is if they don't occur, it's cost you the time of that keystroke or mouse click.

So Paul, Thank you for your great response to a "design time issue" which does not solve my immediate problem. How do I call the value "At Runtime" from the parent macro from within the called macro? Can you please look at the code I supplied in my original question and either validate that it is correct or suggest ways to correct it? Do you have to drop into the other design view in order to be able to save the code "at Design Time?" [since you can't seem to input it through the GUI?] Thanks again in advance. Wayne

If I interpret your answer correctly, you're just saying my expectations are to high. I thought the whole point of a "global" variable was being able to use it in other macros? How do I get around the MEP GUI that won't give me an option to type it in? Did you look at my example code? How do I work around the GUI? Is there some error in my syntax?

Hi, I've got MEP 4.4.1.1 and I'm developing for a Citrix environment, so I can't debug easily by inspecting my variable values. My issue is, when I click on the Variables dropdown in one Macro, I don't see the global variable I defined in another macro that calls this macro in the MEP GUI, and when I try and manually type it in, it's not defined? I don't see the variable %DBN[]% in the Variable dropdown for the MEP Text Type. Here's my steps: I'm setting a String Variable from an Excel Spreadsheet clipboard in a macro 'Read Spreadsheet' using the following: [i defined %DBN% as an array variable and the global box is checked. ....[ double-checked.] ... Clipboard Copy Variable Set String %DBN[1]% from clipboard contents Variable Modify String %DBN[1]%; Strip CR/LF ..... [i've verified that the correct contents are in the Clipboard by just using a paste into my other program. ---- Macro Run: Check Eligibility //This is the Macro where I cannot see the global variable ... Text Type (Simulate Keystrokes): %DBN[1]%<TAB> ..... When I try and pull the variable from a list of available variables, none of my global variables are there.

I'm creating a new Macro Express Pro Man and I'm a newby. I opened the application and figured out that the <alt> key grabs the file button in the upper left hand corner. From there, it seems like I can use a combination of the <tab> and <down arrow> keys to navigate the menus. How do I save them to %variables% that I can return to by %name%? Is that the best approach? How about inserting %variable% text into one of the fields? Sorry, have not read a lot of the documentation yet...

We are writing macros for a citrix environment where some users have black backgrounds and some have blue backgrounds. The borders, fonts and everything are off by enough to give us headaches. We're working to move everyone to the same background....but it can impact you if you have to rely on cursor positioning. Until we can get everyone on the same theme, we test for the background color and then have an relative adjustment macro for the main controls we need.