Creating a new action
Looking again at the Actions listbox in Figure 1, you should notice that it does not yet
contain any actions. The selections, which are all enclosed in angle
brackets and all begin with the word new, are for creating
new actions. As you can see in Figure 1,
the displayable part of the Actions listbox is not tall enough to
show the whole list at once. Here is the entire list:
Figure 1. Contents of the list of
an Actions listbox with no actions created
<new input action>
<new extract action>
<new prompt action>
<new message action>
<new pause action>
<new xfer action>
<new comm wait action>
<new trace action>
<new mouse click action>
<new box select action>
<new run program>
<new variable update action>
<new play macro action>
<new perform action>
<new conditional action>
<new print start action>
<new print extract action>
<new print end action>
<new sql query action>
<new file upload action>For example, if you clicked <new input action>, the Macro object
would create a new Input action and place it at the top of the list.
The lower area of the Actions tab would allow you to fill out the
various fields that belong to an Input action (such as the input key
sequence). The new Input item would be in the selected area of the
Actions listbox, and the list part of the listbox would then look
like this:
Figure 2. Contents of the list of an Actions listbox with one actual action
Input action1(0,0)
<new input action>
<new extract action>
<new prompt action>
<new message action>
<new pause action>
<new xfer action>
<new comm wait action>
<new trace action>
<new mouse click action>
<new box select action>
<new run program>
<new variable update action>
<new play macro action>
<new perform action>
<new conditional action>
<new print start action>
<new print extract action>
<new print end action>
<new sql query action>
<new file upload action>When the macro runtime processes this macro screen, it performs the actions in the same order in which they are listed in the Actions listbox. To change the order of the actual actions, click the Change Order button to the right of the Actions listbox.