Lisa, At this point I expect to see a User Tool through at least 3 or 4 more versions of ARS. (post v7.0.1) But I might be surprised to see it go away sooner. But when/if it goes away then there will be a "new way" to do the "old tricks" too. So no worries, just dreaming to follow...
What I expect will happen with ARS Macros in the future... 1) No conversion utility for client side macros. They even dropped it from the admin tool in v7. 2) A complete replacement of the idea on the client. Maybe some kind of "JavaScript or Java" based library/objects that the user can use to "do the jobs" that the Macros use to do and many, many more things too. In v7 with Data Visualization fields you likely could achieve the run time processing of a Macro already. Today it would take a good deal of work to setup the DVF for such a process, but it seems possible to simulate most of a Macro this way. The "advantage" will be when BMC makes the amount of work "easy enough" for my average user to be able to use it. :) Like the ability for the Mid-tier to "record actions" and save them in a way that a DFV (or other similar type thing) could later process. My hope is that the end solution will be functionally more like what "Visual Basic for application" does for MS Office than what the current Macros do for ARS. (and just to be blunt and clear, VBA sucks. Javascript/Java is much preferred IMHO.) Extend the base product instead of just "recorded actions" and "limited objects". (But who knows what the future might hold.) -- Carey Matthew Black Remedy Skilled Professional (RSP) ARS = Action Request System(Remedy) Love, then teach Solution = People + Process + Tools Fast, Accurate, Cheap.... Pick two. On 10/6/06, Kemes, Lisa <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
** We mostly just have normal macros that customers create. I hear that Mid-Tier does not have a macro tool yet. (Even in 7.0) Regards, Lisa
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