Visara UCT-L - Manual (Page 121)

Chapter 6. Using TN3270, TN5250, TN5250EP, 1451, VT220 and VT3270
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4. Click the F# that you wish to record. That button will be highlighted, and
R F(#): (#) ks will appear on the operator status row of the VT220 screen.
The R indicates Record, F(#) to show which F# was chosen for this macro and (#) ks
to track how many keystrokes have been entered on this macro.
5. Type the keys to be associated with the macro.
6. Click the Record key again to save the macro and exit macro record mode. Press
the Quit key to abandon the macro and exit record mode.
Note: F# buttons that have not been associated with a macro will appear grayed out
on the macro dialog screen. To confirm that a key has not been used and to
avoid inadvertently recording over an existing macro, check the status line
after selecting the F# key. If there is no macro associated with this key, the
number of keystrokes (ks) will be displayed as 0.
Naming Macros
In addition to associating an F# to a macro, a name or short description may also be
saved with each macro. To store a macro name:
1. After recording the macro, click Name.
2. Click the F# key. The Function Namer dialog box will appear.
3. Enter a name for the macro.
Click OK to save changes and exit, or Cancel to exit and discard any changes.
Playing Macros
Follow the steps below to initiate macros:
1. Click the Play key within the dialog box, or select Play from the Macro pulldown
menu.
2. Click the F# key associated with the macro you wish to recall.
3. The macro will automatically be recalled.
4. The macro will automatically terminate once all keys have been played. If you desire,
the macro may be terminated at any point by pressing the Quit key. If the key pressed
to exit macro play mode was anything other than Quit, there will be a beep to notify
you of the (possibly unintentional) cancellation.
Pauses and Delays
There are certain key sequences, such as a logon password, that a user may wish to
exclude from a macro. At any point while recording a macro key sequence, the Pause
key may be clicked to temporarily suspend record mode. The keystrokes from this point
forward will not be recorded within the macro until macro record mode is resumed by
pressing the Record key. The Quit key will abandon the macro, even while macro
record is paused.
If the Pause key is pressed while in macro record mode, besides suspending recording,
it will be embedded within the macro and cause the macro to pause automatically each
time it is played back.