Editing keystroke macros – Rockwell Automation 1747-PBASE BASIC Development Software Programming Manual User Manual

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4-14 Editing a Program

The whole process of splicing header information into any new file has now been
reduced to one keystroke,

[Alt-B]

, and has been saved permanently to the active

disk drive.

Editing Keystroke Macros

You have just recorded, saved, renamed, and edited a keystroke macro using a
step-by-step approach. This sub-section is intended to provide an overview of all of
the options available to create, delete, copy, edit, or play back a keystroke macro
from the

MACRO MANAGER

dialog box.

Table 4.6 Macro Manager Options

Option

QuickStroke

Description

Create

[INS]

creates a new keystroke macro. Selecting create brings up the

EDITING KEYSTROKE MACRO

dialog box. There are four

fields in this dialog box.

Description – enter up to 25 characters

QuickStroke assignment – press

[Tab]

to get to this field,

followed by the space bar to allow you to edit it. Enter the
keystroke that will trigger the macro.

Mode – Press

[Tab]

to get to this field, followed by the

space bar or down arrow to display the options you may
select. Mode selection determines whether the keystroke
macro can be invoked from Edit or Terminal modes.

(1)

Edit Keystroke – Press

[Tab]

to get to this field, followed

by the space bar or down arrow to display a list of the
actual keystrokes programmed for the selected macro. You
can cursor up or down the list and then add

[INS]

, delete

[DEL]

, or change

[F3]

, the keys as needed.

(1) In some cases, it may be useful to assign keystroke macros for use in Terminal mode. They could be written to send

commands like RUN, CONT, NEW, or LIST to the BASIC or BASIC-T modules.

Delete

[DEL]

erases a keystroke macro that was previously saved.

Copy

[F4]

duplicates a keystroke macro. You are prompted for a
descriptive name for the duplicate. Then you are prompted to
replace or reassign the QuickStroke key.

Edit

[F3]

allows you to edit the existing keystroke macro. Selecting this
brings up the

EDITING KEYSTROKE MACRO

dialog box.

Playback

[Enter]

executes the highlighted keystroke macro immediately and
returns to the Edit mode. You can use this to execute any
keystroke macro on the list, including those that have not been
assigned a QuickStroke.

Done

[Esc]

exits the keystroke

MACRO MANAGER

dialog box and returns

to the Edit mode.

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