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QuickMacro vs SelectTreeItem
Jan 10th, 2008 at 3:31pm
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Is there any reason I shouldn't use QuickMacro over SelectTreeItem?

In the following code examples, QuickMacro seems to perform the function exactly the same as SelectTreeItem, and it's slightly less overhead (i.e. no variable needed). Plus, it can be much more versatile, since it can do pretty much anything I can do with the mouse and keyboard.

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QuickMacro("TREE SELECTION Search Update Menu!Navigation!Main Advance Record (Ctrl-F10)")


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var Success as int
Success = @SelectTreeItem("Search Update Menu!Navigation!Main Advance Record (Ctrl-F10)")

  

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Re: QuickMacro vs SelectTreeItem
Reply #1 - Jan 10th, 2008 at 4:21pm
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Is there any reason I shouldn't use QuickMacro over SelectTreeItem?


Ah! I think I just thought of one -- being able to use a conditional like "If Success = 1" to verify that the tree command was present at the time.

But, I still would like to hear thoughts/comments on this.
  

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Re: QuickMacro vs SelectTreeItem
Reply #2 - Jan 10th, 2008 at 4:43pm
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I haven't run any timing tests, but I would imagine that the SelectTreeItem call would be much faster than using a macro.
  
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Re: QuickMacro vs SelectTreeItem
Reply #3 - Jan 13th, 2008 at 4:43am
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Thanks for the reply, Mark.

I ran into one thing that I couldn't get QuickMacro to do. It is when using "File/Save As" or the "Backup Application" command on the command tree. I can get QuickMacro to select one of those options, but it won't put focus in the box where I need to enter the filename.

Do you have any ideas why that would lock up at that point? The same macro commands that work in @Macro, don't work when parsed out line by line, and used by multiple QuickMacro calls. It doesn't seem to be able to get the focus into the dialoque box, in order to enter the filename.
  

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