Std DlgMacroExecute

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Std Macro Menu

Std DlgMacroExecute
Menu location
Macro → Macros...
Phenomena
All
Default shortcut
None
Introduced in version
-
See also
Std DlgMacroExecuteDirect

Description

The Std DlgMacroExecute command opens the Execute macro dialog box. From this dialog box macros can be executed, edited and managed.

The Execute macro dialog box

Usage

1. There are several ways to invoke the command:
   • Press the Macros... button.
   • Select the Macro → Macros... option from the menu.
2. The Execute macro dialog box opens. See Options.

Options

User macros

The User macros tab lists the macros available in the User macros location.

1. Click a macro in the list to select it.
2. The name of the selected macro will appear in the Macro name box.

System macros

To make use of the System macros tab you must create a folder named Macro as a sibling folder of the bin folder where LabRPS is installed and put some macros there.

To find the bin folder enter this in the Python console:

App.getHomePath()

1. Click a macro in the list to select it.
2. The name of the selected macro will appear in the Macro name box.

User macros location

1. Press the ... button to change the user macros location.
2. Browse to a different folder and select it.

Execute

1. To execute a macro do one of the following:
   • Select the macro in the list and press the Execute button.
   • Double-click the macro in the list.
2. The dialog box closes.
3. The macro is executed.

Close

1. Press Esc or the Close button to close the dialog box.

Create

1. Press the Create button to create a new macro file.
2. Enter a name in the dialog box that pops up. You do not have to include the .FCMacro extension.
3. Press Enter or the OK button.
4. Both dialog boxes close.
5. The new file is opened in the Macro editor.

Delete

1. Select the macro you want to delete in the list.
2. Press the Delete button.
3. Press the Yes button in the confirmation dialog box that pops up.

Edit

1. Select the macro you want to edit in the list.
2. Press the Edit button.
3. The dialog box closes.
4. The selected file is opened in the Macro editor.

Rename

1. Select the macro you want to rename in the list.
2. Press the Rename button.
3. Enter a new name in the dialog box that pops up. You do not have to include the .FCMacro extension.
4. Press Enter or the OK button.

Duplicate

1. Select the macro you want to duplicate in the list.
2. Press the Duplicate button.
3. Enter a new name in the dialog box that pops up. You do not have to include the .FCMacro extension.
4. Press Enter or the OK button.

Toolbar

1. Select the macro you want to add to a custom toolbar in the list.
2. Press the Toolbar button.
3. Two 'walkthrough' dialogs will guide you through the required steps. See Interface Customization for more information.

Download

1. Press the Download button to start the Addon manager.

Notes

• To learn more about macros see the Macros page.

Preferences

See also: Preferences Editor.

• The user macros location can also be changed in the preferences: Edit → Preferences... → Python → Macro → Macro path.

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Std Macro Menu

Std Base

• File: New document, New Table, New Matrix, New Graph, New 2D Plot, New 3D Plot, Open..., Open Recent, Close, Close All, Save, Save As..., Save a Copy..., Save All, Revert, Import..., Export..., Merge project..., Document information..., Print..., Print preview..., Export PDF...Exit

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• Edit: Undo, Redo, Cut, Copy, Paste, Duplicate selection, Refresh, Select All, Delete, Preferences...

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• View: Fullscreen, Workbench, Sync view, Record selection, Single document, Multi document, Collapse/Expand, Initiate dragging, Go to selection, Selection back, Selection forward, Status bar

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• Tools: Edit parameters..., Export dependency graph..., Project utility..., Alphaplot, Line, Scatter, Scatter, Scatter With X Err, Scatter With Y Err, Scatter With XY Err, Line + Symbol, Special Line + Symbol, Vertical Drop Lines, Spline, Vertical Steps, Horizontal Steps, Vertical Bars, Vertical Stacked Bars, Vertical Grouped Bars ,Horizontal Bars, Horizontal Stacked Bars, Horizontal Grouped Bars, Area, Channel Fil, Pie, Half Pie, Vectors XYXY, Vectors XYAM, Statistical Graph, Box Plot, Histogram, Stacked Histogram, 3D Plot, Bar, Scatter, Layout Grids, Vertical 2 Layouts, Horizontal 2 Layouts, 4(2x2) Layouts, 3D Wire Frame, 3D Surface, 3D Wire Frame Surface, Bar, Scatter, Contour + Color Fill, Countour Lines, Gray Scale Map, 3D Wire Frame Polar, 3D Surface Polar, 3D Wire Frame Surface Polar, 3D Scatter Polar, Polar spectrogram, Graph, Add/Remove Plot xy/xy..., Add Function..., Add Error Bars..., Add/Remove Other Plots..., Add/Remove Plot y..., Add/Remove Vector Plot..., Add Axis..., Add Left Axis, Add Bottom Axis, Add Right Axis, Add Top Axis, Legend Reorder, Add Text, Add Time Stamp, Add Image, Draw Line, Draw Arrow, Draw Ellipse, Add Nested Layout, Add Layout, Add Up, Add Down, Add Left, Add Right, Remove Layout, Swap Layouts..., Graph Tolls, Disable Tools, Data Rearder, Screen Reader, Select Data Range, Move Data Points, Remove Bad Data Points..., Drag Range, Zoom Range, Rescale To Show All, Table, Set Column(s) As, X, Y, Z, X Error, Y Error, None, Fill Selection With, Row Numbers, , Random Values, Custom Random, Show Comments, Show Controls, Formula Edit Mode, Edit Column Description, Change Type & Format, Clear Table, Sort Table, Assign Formula, Recalculate, Add Column, Go To Cell, Export ASCII..., Convert To Matrix, Matrix, Hide Controls, Set Coordinates, Set Display Format, Assign Formula, Recalculate, Clear Matrix, Transpose, Mirror Horizontally, Mirror Vertically, Import Image, Go To Cell, Invert, Determinant, Convert To Table, Add text document, Group, Units Calculator,Customize..., RPS Features..., Addon manager

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• Macro: Macro recording, Macros, Recent macros, Execute macro, Attach to remote debugger, Debug macro, Stop debugging, Step over, Step into, Toggle breakpoint

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• Windows: Next, Previous, Tile, Cascade, Windows

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• Help: Help, LabRPS Website, Donate, Users documentation, Python scripting documentation, Automatic Python modules documentation, LabRPS Forum, LabRPS FAQ, Report a bug, About LabRPS, What's This

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• Additional Menus: Analysis (Table), Analysis (Graph)

User documentation

• Getting started
• Installation: Download, Windows, Linux, Mac, Additional components, AppImage
• Basics: About LabRPS, Interface, RPS Objects, Object name, Preferences, Workbenches, Document structure, Properties, Help LabRPS, Donate

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• Help: Tutorials, Video tutorials
• Workbenches: Std Base, WindLab, SeismicLab, SeaLab, UserLab, Spreadsheet, Plot, Web

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• Addons: Addon Manager, Plugins, Scripting and macros

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• Hubs: User hub, Power users hub, Developer hub