How to load Connexion macros from a web page
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- Macro is in text form (in other words, you can see the words "MacroName" or "Sub Main" or the like)
- Using your mouse or cursor keys, select the entire macro text and copy it.
- Open up Connexion. In the Tools menu, select Macros, then select Manage.
- If you do not already have your own “macro book” file for macros that you have copied or created, click the “New Book” button. Give the new macro book a name (for example, "Utilities" or "MacrosFromTheWeb"), and press Enter.
- Select the macro book into which the new macro should go, then click the "New Macro" button. You will be prompted to enter a brief description of what the macro does, then to enter a name for the macro.
- Select the new macro, then click the “Edit” button. This opens the new macro in the Macro Editor.
- Select all of the macro text that appears in the Macro Editor and press Delete.
- Paste the text you copied earlier into the Macro Editor.
- Click the green checkmark button on the toolbar to save the macro. This will also tell you if there are any errors in the macro.
- Use the button with an X and a down arrow to jump to the next error to fix it. When you're done fixing any errors, click the green checkmark button again. Repeat until all errors are fixed.
- You're done. The macro is ready to be run or be assigned to a keystroke. You can now close the Macro Editor window and go back to Connexion.
- Macro is in binary form (in other words, it is a file with the extension ".mbk")
- If the macro book file is linked from a web page, right-click the link and select “Save Link As” to save the file to Connexion's macros directory, most commonly C:\Program Files (x86)\OCLC\Connexion\Program\Macros\
- If the macro book file is instead on an external drive, use Windows Explorer to copy the file from there to Connexion's macros directory.
- You're done. If you go to the Tools menu, then select Macros, then select Manage, you will see the new macro book.