Visara iCON-XT - Manual (Page 79)

Chapter 5. Using TN3270, TN5250, TN5250EP, 1451, VT220 and VT3270
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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.
While playing back a macro the Pause key may be pressed to temporarily suspend the
macro. At this point you may type in normal mode. Pressing the Play key will resume
the macro. The Quit key will abandon the macro and return you to normal mode, even
while macro play is paused.
If delays are desired within macros, the Delay key may be clicked while in record mode
to embed an approximately one second delay within the macro. This may be clicked
multiple times to extend the length of the delay.