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)
  1. Using your mouse or cursor keys, select the entire macro text and copy it.
  2. Open up Connexion. In the Tools menu, select Macros, then select Manage.
  3. 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.
  4. 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.
  5. Select the new macro, then click the “Edit” button. This opens the new macro in the Macro Editor.
  6. Select all of the macro text that appears in the Macro Editor and press Delete.
  7. Paste the text you copied earlier into the Macro Editor.
  8. 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.
    1. 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.
  9. 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")
  1. 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\
  2. 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.
  3. You're done. If you go to the Tools menu, then select Macros, then select Manage, you will see the new macro book.