Charlie, I agree that with Carey that it's not a good idea. I have a few folks here that have created nested or linked macros. One of the guys called the "Groovy" macro that executes 5 other macros. I think he may have simply started recording a macro and then opened up 5 macros, one right after the other. To tell the truth not quite sure how he did it. Anyway each macro displays data and generates a report file. So in essence this one macro is executing 10 different searches (granted 5 should be in table memory as it's always display data and it's writing data to a report). Of course they are not the most efficient queries and when it times out I get a call. I will look at the individual macros but not the "Groovy" macro. Individually, each runs ok but together it will often time out.
Stay away. Dave -----Original Message----- From: Action Request System discussion list(ARSList) [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Carey Matthew Black Sent: Friday, March 30, 2007 2:59 PM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: Nested Macros (UNCLASSIFIED) Charlie, Is it advisable to use macros? ... not in my opinion. But to try to answer your questions more directly... You can edit macros and append content from other macros if you use an editor that will not muck with special characters. ( VI, VIM, or if you have to Emacs should be good choices. I have no idea how well Notepad, or Word pad might work/fail in that task.) However that is strictly speaking not "nesting" (as in referencing another macro from inside the first macro) in my book. And I do not know of a way to reference/call another macro from inside a macro. HTH. -- 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 3/30/07, Bennett, Charlie CTR MDA/IC <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Classification: UNCLASSIFIED > Caveats: NONE > > Is it possible (or even advisable) to nest macros within another macro? If > so, how does one go about it? > > > Charlie Bennett > Web Engineer > Joint National Integration Center (JNIC) > Schriever Air Force Base > Colorado Springs, Colorado 80912 > (719) 721-7470 > Fax (719) 721-8090 ________________________________________________________________________ _______ UNSUBSCRIBE or access ARSlist Archives at www.arslist.org ARSlist:"Where the Answers Are" _______________________________________________________________________________ UNSUBSCRIBE or access ARSlist Archives at www.arslist.org ARSlist:"Where the Answers Are"
