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█ SUPER MACRO LIBRARY For LOTUS(R) 1-2-3 █
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█ (C)Copyright by Haruyasu Yoshizaki, 1991. All Rights Reserved. █
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█ Developed and Written by Israel Kehaty █
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This package comes on three 360K 5.25" floppy diskettes, a shareware
distributor is allowed to create workable/intallable packages for other
types of disks:
1. To prepare a 1.2M 5.25" or a 1.44M 3.5" version, copy the contents of
the three diskettes to the 1.2M floppy diskette or the 1.44M diskette.
2. To prepare a 720K 3.5" version you need two floppy diskettes, copy the
contents of the first two 360K diskettes (Disk 1 and Disk 2) to the
first 720K 3.5" diskette and mark it as Disk 1, then copy the third
360K floppy diskette (Disk 3) to the second 720K 3.5" floppy diskette
and mark it as Disk 2.
The installation files HARD.BAT and FLOPPY.BAT will install the package
correctly if the packages are prepared this way.
This software package is a Copyrighted software and "IS NOT" a PUBLIC
DOMAIN software, but a SHAREWARE software package. Which means that you
can copy and distribute this software freely for the sole purpose of
evaluation and testing before purchasing. To use this software legaly you
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If you like this software and you USE it you are asked to be registered
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versions of The SUPER MACRO LIBRARY.
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(1) Technical support
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NOTE:
In the future we are planning to include a HyperText version of a macro
programming book that will include a detailed explanation of all the
macros in this package. The book will analyse and explain every macro
and every technique and command that was used in this macro library. We
are now in the process of writing the book but it may take some time.
Before August 1993 your payment of $50 should be sent to:
K.I.T.A.L. Software
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Telephone (503)-758-6632
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K.I.T.A.L. Software
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Please feel free to add comments and improvements that you would like to
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GENERAL
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This version of the SUPER MACRO LIBRARY for LOTUS 1-2-3 supports releases
2/2.01/2.2/2.3/2.4/3.0/3.1/3.1+ and 123W for Windows 3/3.1 . However because
Lotus 123W for Windows 3/3.1 do not offer a replacement for the classic
custom menus commands ({MENUBRANCH} and {MENUCALL} and a mouse support
inside a macro, this macro library uses the CLASSIC MODE which is
supported by Lotus 123W for windows. The Macro Library may come in the
following types of disks:
- Three 360K 5.25 disks
- Two 720K 3.5" disks
- One 1.2M 5.25" disk
- One 1.44M 3.5" disk
Some files in the diskettes are compressed and packed files which expand
during installation. The files were compressed using the PUBLIC DOMAIN LHA
Versions 2.05/2.10/2.12 (c)Yoshi compression utility.
To install and use this package you need to have an IBM PC XT/AT/PS2/386/486
compatible machine and at least two floppy drives that support the
diskettes of the Macro Library or one floppy and a hard disk.
The contents of the disks presented here is for 360K 5.25" floppy disks. The
contents of other disk configuration may change but essentially is the same.
LIST OF FILES IN DISK 1
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DISK1.EXE - A packed file that builds disk 1 during floppy installation
DISK2.EXE - A packed file that builds disk 2 during floppy installation
DISK3.EXE - A packed file that builds disk 3 during floppy installation
HARD.BAT - An automatic hard disk installation batch file.
FLOPPY.BAT - An automatic floppy disk installation batch file.
NOTE:
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The last two files appears in all the diskettes, do not erase them
they are needed for the installation process.
LIST OF FILES IN DISK 2
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DISK4.EXE - A packed file that builds disk 4 during floppy installation
DISK5.EXE - A packed file that builds disk 5 during floppy installation,
SCIENCE.EXE - A packed file that contains the complete menu-driven solver
and calculator "The SCIENTIFIC and ENGINEERING TOOL for LOTUS
1-2-3". After unpacking see the README.WRI text file for use
instructions. This solver was chosen by the PC Computing
magazine to be included with the best 250 shareware software
packages in the market today.
HARD.BAT - An automatic installation to hard disk batch file.
FLOPPY.BAT - An automatic installation to floppy disks batch file.
LIST OF FILES IN DISK 3
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MACROMGR.WK1 - Macro manager for release 2/2.01/2.2/2.3 *.wk1 macros
MACROMLB.WK1 - Macro manager for *.MLB macros
MACROMG3.WK3 - Macro manager for the 3D releases
SMALLMGR.WK1 - Quick and small manager for 2/2.01/2.2/2.3 *.wk1 macros
SMALLMLB.WK1 - Quick and small manager for *.MLB macros
SMALLMG3.WK3 - Quick and small macro for the 3D releases
NEW_MNGR.MLB - In memory macro manager for release 2.2/2.3
README.TXT - Contains installation, short use instructions, and basic
macro tutor (can be printed using the PRINT or COPY DOS
commands), at the DOS prompt type:
COPY README.TXT PRN
and press [ENTER]
README.PRN - The program manual (can be printed the same way) this file
contains general data and information about he SUPER MACRO
LIBRARY, beyond the built-in use instruction in every macro.
It is highly recommended to take the time to look at this
text file to get the most out of the library and avoid
unnecessary problems in using the macros. This file can be
printed using the PRINT or COPY DOS commands.
HARD DISK INSTALLATION AND UNPACKING
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Before installation, make backups of the disk/s to protect your investment
and place the originals in a safe place, then write protect the diskettes.
To unpack all files to a hard disk you need to have about 2M free space in
the hard disk.
IMPORTANT:
The installation described here is for 360K disks. When using the automatic
installation (HARD.BAT) the install is automatic and takes care for the
different types of disks. When using the manual installation the packed
files will be in different disk number.
AUTOMATIC HARD DISK INSTALLATION
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
When you choose to use the automatic installation, the program assumes that
you are using all releases of LOTUS 1-2-3 and the ENGINEERING TOOL too.
Insert disk 1 to the source floppy drive and type:
HARD <Source drive> <Target drive> <Target directory> [RETURN]
Example:
HARD A C MACROS [RETURN]
Explanation:
- Source disk in source drive A:
- Target drive is C:
- Target directory is C:\MACROS
- Press RETURN
From now on the installation is automatic. Follow the on screen instructions.
At the end of installation you get:
527 macros in the C:\MACROS directory
The ENGINEERING TOOL in the C:\MACROS\SCIENCE directory
If you are NOT using LOTUS release 2.2/2.3 delete all the *.MLB files
using:
DEL *.MLB [RETURN]
If you are NOT using LOTUS release 3.0/3.1 and up, delete the *.WK3 files
using:
DEL *.WK3 [RETURN]
MANUAL INSTALLATION TO A HARD DISK
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- Open a directory on the hard disk (C:\MACROS for example)
- Make the new directory the active directory
- Insert disk 1 into drive A: (or B:) and type
A:DISK1 /x [RETURN]
All packed file in the DISK1.EXE file will be unpacked to the C:\MACROS
directory in the hard disk. When the program is finished, do the same
with the DISK2.EXE file and type:
A:DISK2 /x [RETURN]
All packed file in the DISK2.EXE file will be unpacked to the C:\MACROS
directory in the hard disk. When the program is finished, do the same
with the DISK3.EXE file and type:
A:DISK3 /x [RETURN]
NOTE: must be lowercase "x"
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All packed file in the DISK3.EXE file will be unpacked to the C:\MACROS
directory in the hard disk. When the program is finished, insert disk 2
to the A: floppy drive and type:
A:DISK4 /x [RETURN]
All packed file in the DISK4.EXE file will be unpacked to the C:\MACROS
directory in the hard disk. When the program is finished, do the same
with the DISK4.EXE file and type:
A:DISK5 /x [RETURN]
All packed file in the DISK5.EXE file will be unpacked to the C:\MACROS
directory in the hard disk.
Insert Disk 3 to the A: floppy drive and type:
COPY A:*.*
All the files in "original" Disk 3 will be copied to the C:\MACROS
directory. The rest is the same as described in the previous section for
automatic installation to a hard disk.
INSTALLATION OF THE SCIENTIFIC & ENGINEERING TOOL for LOTUS
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Open a directory C:\MACROS\SCIENCE for example, and make this directory
the active directory, then insert disk 2 to the A: floppy drive and type:
A:SCIENCE [RETURN]
All packed file in the SCIENCE.EXE file will be unpacked to the
C:\MACROS\SCIENCE directory in the hard disk. After unpacking, see the
README.WRI text file for instruction how to use this application. You could
copy all above mentioned files to the relevant sub-directories and start
them, however you would need more than 2M free space on the hard disk to
hold the packed files too. After unpacking the files use the DOS DEL command
to delete the packed files.
FLOPPY DISK INSTALLATION
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Before installation, make backups of the disk/s to protect your investment
and place the originals in a safe place, then write protect the diskettes.
IMPORTANT:
The installation described here is for 360K disks. When using the automatic
installation (FLOPPY.BAT) the install is automatic and takes care for the
different types of disks. When using the manual installation the packed
files will be in different disk number.
AUTOMATIC FLOPPY DRIVE INSTALLATION
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Format seven (7) 360K floppy disks and number them from 1 to 7 (four 720K
disks or two 1.2M or two 1.44M disks). Assuming your computer has two floppy
drives A: and B: insert "original" disk 1 to the A: floppy drive and type:
FLOPPY <Source drive> <Target drive> [RETURN]
Example:
FLOPPY A B [RETURN]
Explanation:
- The source diskettes are in the source drive A:
- The target (preformatted disks) will be placed in drive B:
- Press [RETURN]
From now on the installation process is automatic just follow the on screen
instructions. When the installation process is finished you will find:
- 86 macros in the root directory and 49 macros in the \CONTINUE
sub-directory of the preformatted disk 1
- 103 macros in the root directory and 27 macros in the \CONTINUE
sub-directory of the preformatted disk 2
- 75 macros in the preformatted disk 3
- 9 macros in the root directory and 47 macros in the \MACRO22
sub-directory and 16 macros in the \MACROS3 sub-directory of the
preformatted disk 4
- 74 macros in the root directory and 4 macros in the \MACROS3
sub-directory and 26 macros in the \MACRO22 sub-directory
of the preformatted Disk 5
- The SCIENTIFIC and ENGINEERING TOOL for LOTUS in preformatted disk 6
- The macro managers and the README.* files are in Disk 7
MANUAL INSTALLATION TO FLOPPIES
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Format seven (7) 360K floppy disks and number them from 1 to 7 (four 720K
disks or two 1.2M or two 1.44M disks). Assuming your computer has two floppy
drives A: and B:
UNPACKING TO PREFORMATTED DISK NO. 1
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- Insert preformatted disk 1 into the target drive (B:) and make it the
active drive using B: [RETURN]
- Insert "original" disk 1 into the source drive and type:
A:DISK1 [RETURN]
All compressed files in the DISK1.EXE file will be copied to the disk in
target drive (B:).
UNPACKING TO PREFORMATTED DISK NO. 2
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- Insert preformatted disk 2 into the target drive (B:) and make it the
active drive using B: [RETURN]
- Insert "original" disk 1 into the source drive and type:
A:DISK2 [RETURN]
All compressed files in the DISK2.EXE file will be copied to the disk in
target drive (B:).
UNPACKING TO PREFORMATTED DISK NO. 3
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- Insert preformatted disk 3 into the target drive (B:) and make it the
active drive using B: [RETURN]
- Insert "original" disk 1 into the source drive and type:
A:DISK3 [RETURN]
All compressed files in the DISK3.EXE file will be copied to the disk in
target drive (B:).
UNPACKING TO PREFORMATTED DISK NO. 4
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
- Insert preformatted disk 4 into the target drive (B:) and make it the
active drive using B: [RETURN]
- Insert "original" disk 2 into the source drive and type:
A:DISK4 [RETURN]
All compressed files in the DISK4.EXE file will be copied to the disk in
target drive (B:).
UNPACKING TO PREFORMATTED DISK NO. 5
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
- Insert preformatted disk 5 into the target drive (B:) and make it the
active drive using B: [RETURN]
- Insert "original" disk 2 into the source drive and type:
A:DISK5 [RETURN]
All compressed files in the DISK5.EXE file will be copied to the disk in
target drive (B:).
UNPACKING TO PREFORMATTED DISK NO. 6
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
- Insert preformatted disk 6 into the target drive (B:) and make it the
active drive using B: [RETURN]
- Insert "original" disk 2 into the source drive and type:
A:SCIENCE [RETURN]
All compressed files in the SCIENCE.EXE file will be copied to the disk in
target drive (B:).
COPYING TO PREFORMATTED DISK NO. 7
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
- Insert preformatted disk 7 into the target drive (B:) and make it the
active drive using B: [RETURN]
- Insert "original" disk 3 into the source drive and type:
COPY A:*.* [RETURN]
All the files in "original" disk 3 will be copied to the disk in drive B:
WHAT IS A MACRO?
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
To allow users which are unfamiliar with the macro concept to take full
advantage of this macro library we are bringing here a basic lesson for
Lotus macros.
In simple words a macro is a set of keyboard pressed keys that can be
activated using two keys combination command. In Lotus 1-2-3 it is the
combination of the ALT key and one of the English Alphabet
characters.
For example, normally it takes 7 key presses to change a column width to 20
/WCS20~
(The Tilde "~" stands for [ENTER] in Lotus macro language)
A macro will save 5 key presses every time it is activated, the more you use
it the more key presses and time you save. You can define any set of key
presses as a macro and activate it by pressing the ALT and an assigned key
together. Imagine how boring it is to try to change the width of 50 columns
manually instead of using a macro. Try to calculate how much time you are
wasting every day by repeating again and again the same key presses
sequences if you are not using macros.
In addition to the fact that a macro can be a set of key presses the Lotus
macro language includes commands and functions that bring it to the level
of a high level programming language almost like BASIC. There are who claim
that this is the most popular and most used computer language today. Using
this macro commands and functions you can add functionality that can not be
reached using the keyboard alone. Few examples are:
- Transpose a range with formulas correctly
- Change text appearance in large tables automatically from Lowercase to
Uppercase or Proper and vise versa
- Print form letters from an address database
- Print address labels from an address database
- Print a current date stamp like "Monday Dec-15-1991" without typing
- Change a number written in with numbers into a number written by words
There are many more examples we can bring that can not be achieved using
the keyboard alone. The SUPER MACRO LIBRARY and other commercially
available macro libraries are the proof for that. Add to this the Lotus
support for custom menus and you can build friendly, menu-driven
applications and macros, that work with the Lotus menu bar style that any
Lotus user is familiar with.
We have no intention to teach you how to become a macro guru, there are many
fine books and courses that you can depends on, but we try to convince you
that using macros can save you a great deal of time and money and make your
work with Lotus a pleasure, and the most important is that you don't have
to write your own macros because we did it for you. In fact this macro
library is especially built in such a way that you can use the macros from
menu-driven "macro managers" using point and shoot. All you need to learn
is how to load and activate the "macro manager" which is "difficult" as
combining the macro manager to an empty part of the worksheet using:
/FCCE<macro manager name> [ENTER]
then follow the built in instructions inside the macro manager (see the
README.PRN manual for full explanation).
HOW MACRO WORKS?
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The only way to fully understand what is a macro and how it works is to
write one, therefore we will start right away:
- Start a new and empty worksheet in Lotus 1-2-3
- Place the cell pointer on an arbitrary cell like the B1..B1 cell
- Start to type exactly as shown:
'/WCS20~
and press [ENTER], don't forget to type the apostrophe "'" at the
beginning, and the Tilde "~" at the end . Now B1..B1 cell appears like:
/WCS20~
The tilde is not shown, it is only a prefix which tells Lotus that the
cell contains text and it is left aligned.
- Place the cellpointer on the A1..A1 cell and type exactly:
'\X
then press [ENTER]. Again the tilde is hidden and the text appears as:
\X
So far all we have done is to type some text into the A1..A1 and the B1..B1
cells. How we can make Lotus 1-2-3 to understand that it is a macro and how
we force Lotus to activate it?
Before Lotus can understand that the text in the B1..B1 cell is a set of key
presses to execute we must issue a RANGE NAME to the B1..B1 cell. The
range name must be composed of the back slash "\" and one of the Alphabet
characters, like the "\X" in the A1..A1 cell.
But just writing the "\X" alone and pressing [ENTER] will appear as
XXXXXXXXX
in the A1..A1 cell (assumed that it is 9 characters wide), that's why we had
to add the apostrophe "'" as the prefix, otherwise Lotus considers the back
slash "\" to be the prefix that causes the "A" to fill the column width.
There are two ways to issue a range name to the B1..B1 cell:
- The first uses the text already written in the A1..A1 cell, thereby the
range name will be "\X". Place the cell pointer on the A1..A1 cell and
type exactly:
/RNLR
and press [ENTER], now the B1..B1 is named "\X". To verify it press the F5
function key (the GOTO key), type \X and press ENTER, the cell pointer
will land on the B1..B1 cell. This way of naming range names has the
advantage that the cell A1..A1 serves as a reminder that the B1..B1 cell
is also the "\X" cell, it's also possible to name a large number of
cells in one operation as it is done in the macros of the SUPER MACRO
LIBRARY (see the built-in instructions in every macro).
- The second way is less recommended because it doesn't use the A1..A1 cell
and therefore lucks the reminder of the range name. Place the cell pointer
on the B1..B1 cell and exactly type:
/RNC\X
and press ENTER twice.
- Press the "ALT" key and press the "X" key while you hold the "ALT" key,
in no time the column width will change to 20.
How is this happening? when Lotus senses that the ALT-X key combination is
pressed it looks for a cell named "\X" (the B1..B1 cell) and starts to
execute the keys and commands in the cell in the exact order, exactly as it
was pressed from the keyboard, when Lotus gets to the Tilde "~" character it
understands it as a command to press the ENTER key.
The macro type that we have just build is called a KEYBOARD macro because it
exactly simulates the keys pressed from the keyboard. Most of the macros in
the SUPER MACRO LIBRARY and other commercially available macro libraries
are far more complicated and include macro commands and functions in
addition to keyboard keys simulations.
The simple macro that we wrote contains only one cell but a cell can hold
up to 240 characters in release 2/2.0/2.2 and 2.3 and up to 512 characters
in releases 3/3.1/3.1+ and 123W. Therefore it seems that we could expand
the macro to perform more tasks than just change the column width. But this
is not necessary, we can continue our macro to the next cell B2..B2 and far
more down without filling the whole 240 character in every cell. Lotus will
continue to execute the macro all the way down until it will reach an empty
cell or meet the macro command {QUIT} or {RETURN}. Yes, a macro command in
the Lotus macro language is always surrounded by curled braces "{}".
SAVING A MACRO TO DISK FOR LATER USE
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Macro is a Lotus file exactly as any other Lotus file therefore it is saved
the same way you save a Lotus file using /FS<macro name> [ENTER]. The macro
is saved with the ".WK*" extension. To use it again, combine it to an empty
area on your current worksheet using /FCCE<macro file name> [ENTER] and
then issue the macro name ("\*") as we have seen earlier.
It may seem that we can have up to 26 macros and macro names in one
worksheet because there are only 26 letters in the English Alphabet. This
is partially true since there are some utilities (add-ins) in the market
that allow using any kind of name for a macro. In the SUPER MACRO LIBRARY
we included a macro that does the same, the RUNKEY2.* macro allows the user
to activate macro with any kind of name, for example a macro can have a
name like "COLWIDTH" too.
This was the situation until the appearance of release 2.2 and up, the new
releases support any macro name including the "\*" type too. To execute a
macro in the new releases press the ALT-F3 key combination and then point to
the macro to execute and press ENTER. You can use the ALT-* key combination
to execute a "\*" macro type too.
With the introduction of release 2.2/2.3 a new type of macro was
introduced. This is a hypertext macro which resides in the memory instead
of the worksheet and therefore can be used on many worksheets one after
another, you can erase the worksheet or retrieve a new one and the macro
will continue to stay in memory ready for execution. This type of macros
has the ".MLB" extension to the macro name. To handle such macros the
MACROMGR.ADN add-in is included with Lotus 1-2-3 2.2 and 2.3.
WHAT IS AN ADD-IN?
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
To allow users with special needs to use the Lotus platform the Lotus
company programmers built Lotus 1-2-3 in such a way that it can work with
external modules that add special performance and properties to Lotus on
demand. For example a programmer with the right development tool (supplied
by Lotus co.) can develop a full blown statistical application that will
work in harmony with Lotus 1-2-3 on call. This type of module is called
"ADD-IN". The add-in has to be ATTACHED to Lotus and then INVOKED to be
used. When it is invoked it becomes an integral part of Lotus including
Menus, Formulas etc.
One of the add-ins that comes with Lotus 1-2-3 2.2 and 2.3 is the
MACROMGR.ADN add-in, it allows the *.MLB macros to operate.
USING THE MACROMGR.ADN ADD-IN
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Consult the manual that comes with Lotus 1-2-3 for full explanation on how
to use the MACROMGR.ADN add-in. The MACROMGR.ADN add-in has to be ATTACHED
and then INVOKED to make it usable. To attach it:
- Start Lotus 1-2-3 (release 2.2 or 2.3 only)
- Press the following keys in order
/A A MACROMGR [ENTER]
Lotus will offer four options to assign two keys combination for invoking
the add-in (a combination of ALT and one of the F7,F8,F9 or F10 function
keys) if the user chooses not to assign the two key combination he will
need to press in order:
/A I MACROMGR [ENTER]
to invoke the add-in. When the MACROMGR.ADN is invoked a menu appears and
the user if offered to load a macro, to edit a macro , to save the macro on
disk and few other options.
LOADING AN *.MLB MACRO
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Invoke the MACROMGR.ADN using the two key combination (ALT-F*) or use
/A I MACROMGR [ENTER]
and choose the LOAD menu option, then point to or write the macro name and
press ENTER.
EXECUTING THE MACRO IN MEMORY
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Press ALT-F3 and point to or write the range name/routine to activate and
press ENTER.
METHODS OF MACRO LIBRARY MANAGEMENT
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
1. GROUPING THE MACROS IN ONE *.WK1 FILE
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Keeping a group of macros in one spreadsheet file (*.WK1) and combining
it to the current worksheet every time we need the macros. A spreadsheet
of macros is called a library and this is the simple method mentioned in
books and some commercial macro libraries. But this method is limited,
old fashioned, and memory and time consuming. There will always be some
macros in the library that you will not use at your working session and
therefore will use memory because they belong to the worksheet. Trying to
erase these macros before your work session demands very exact
preparation and a good knowledge of the exact action you are going to do
in your working session which is not so simple to predict.
2. GROUPING THE MACROS IN ONE *.MLB FILE
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
This method is identical to the previous one and therefore suffers from
the same limitations.
3. USING MENU-DRIVEN MACRO MANAGERS
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
In this method every macro is saved as an independent file. The macros
are located in a subdirectory. Using the menu driven manager the user can
- See the list of all the macros in the directory
- Activate the macros using point and shoot
- Read the macro's operation instructions
This method is unique and is used only in the super macros library. The
advantage is clear:
- Only one macro resides in the memory at the same time
- The manager loads the macro, defines the range names and activates the
macro automatically without the user's interference. The result is
memory space and preparation time saving, because there is no need to
plan the work ahead.
- The work is menu driven using Lotus style menu bar.
USING THE MACROS LIBRARY (A short brief from the README.PRN file)
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
USING THE MACROS MANUALLY
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
All the macros in the library can be used by manually combining them to an
empty part of the worksheet, using the /File Combine Copy Entire-file ..
Lotus commands sequence. Then following the built-in using instruction in
the first 9 rows of the macro which are dedicated to macro description
and use instruction.
USING THE MACRO MANAGERS
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
This macro library employs a unique philosophy of managing macro libraries.
This unique method allows using the macros in the disk to be activated
from a central macro manager (macro itself). Only the macro manager needs
to be COMBINED to the worksheet. Using the manager's menu the macros in the
disk can be easily managed and used.
This way every experienced and inexperienced Lotus user can take full
advantage of the macros in this library. All he needs to know is how to
combine a macro using / File Combine Copy Entire_file ... , to read the
built-in instruction in the first 9 rows of the manager and start it.
From that point and on, the work is menu-driven and automatic. The macro
manager takes care of combining the macros, activating them and erasing
them after use.
For every release of Lotus 1-2-3 two managers are supplied: the first, for
the experienced user of the MACROS LIBRARY who is already familiar with
the names of the macros in the library, and the second for the
inexperienced user who is not familiar with the names of the macros. The
managers for the inexperienced user contain a description line for every
macro name and allow search and find using a keyword. The manager
presents the user with all the macros which contain the keyword in the
macro description line. Using point and shoot the desired macro is
activated.
The managers for the experienced users are only 6-8K in size compared to
the managers for the inexperienced users which are 25-28K in size because
they contain hundreds of description lines for the macros.
MANAGERS NAMES
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MACROMGR.WK1 - For inexperienced users, works with Lotus 2/2.01/2.2/2.3
SMALLMGR.WK1 - For experienced users, works with Lotus 2/2.01/2.2/2.3
MACROMG3.WK1 - For inexperienced users, works with Lotus 3.0/3.1/3.1+/123W
SMALLMG3.WK1 - For inexperienced users, works with Lotus 3.0/3.1/3.1+/123W
MACROMLB.WK1 - For inexperienced users, works only with Lotus 2.2/2.3
SMALLMLB.WK1 - For experienced users, works only with Lotus 2.2/2.3
NEW_MNGR.MLB - For experienced users, works only with Lotus 2.2/2.3
This manager resides in memory and is a breakthrough in the
way of handling *.MLB macro. The manager was created (from a
simple list of the macros in the library the NEW_MNGR.PRN
text file) using the COMPILE.MLB macro "compiler".
The last three managers use the MACROMGR.ADN add-in supplied with Lotus
2.2/2.3/2.4, See the README.PRN text file for details.
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