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In earlier versions of IBM's PC5250 emulator (which comes with both the Client Access for Windows 95/NT and Client Access Express for Windows products), the only way to eliminate the recorded wait- time is to manually go into your macro script file (*.MAC) and remove the Wait commands. This situation has changed with the new PC5250 program that comes with Client Access Express for Windows V5R1. IBM now provides a parameter for you to control how your macro's wait-time is recorded. This parameter can be set only when you're recording the macro; you can't use it to change wait-times on existing macros. To set this parameter, open the Record Macro/Script dialogue by selecting Actions, Start Recording Macro from the PC5250 menu bar. IBM has added a Record User Wait Time area on this screen that contains three radio button selections that control how PC5250 records wait-time for the new macro. You can select only one of these radio buttons. 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