Starting the Macro Wizard
The wizard installs as a Proton plug-in and can be started
from the “Plug-Ins” menu in the IDE. The
wizard can be found under Library Tools,
Macro Generator.
On opening, the wizard will attempt to connect to the
Proton IDE. If successful it will report
IDE connected in the status bar beneath the logo. When connected to the IDE the wizard can
generate a list of the variables and labels used in the current active IDE
project and can paste the generated code directly into the IDE at the current
cursor position.
To move between steps click the Next and Back buttons at
the bottom of the screen. You can move
back and forward between each step as often as you like however be aware that
if you have edited the final code and then go back to an earlier step the code
will be regenerated and you will loose your edits.
If you don’t wish to see the Introduction screen each time
you start the wizard check the “Skip
this screen in the future”
Before starting to generate the macro code you need to
have a clear idea of what the macro is going to do, what code it will use to
implement the function (normally a basic subroutine) and what arguments are to
be accepted and parameters to be returned.
For further information on macros see Example
Macros.
Some information collected will be mandatory others will
be optional. The macro generator will
not allow you to proceed to the next step until all the mandatory information
is entered for that step.