Frank Schoenheit, Sun Microsystems Germany wrote:
Hi Dick,
OK, here are the steps I went through to create a second macro.
ah, *that's* a useful problem description :)
1. I double-clicked on my dbase to activate Base.
2. I then selected TOOLS -> MACROS -> ORGANIZE MACROS -> OpenOffice.org
Basic. That opened a window with a box that displayed a list of items
including my dbase.
3. Clicking on the "+" to the left of my dbase dropped down a folder
named "STANDARD".
4. Clicking on the "+" to the left of STANDARD revealed it contained a
Macro named "Stat1" which is the first macro I wrote. I want to create
another macro in this folder called STANDARD.
5. I click on the folder called STANDARD to highlight it, type the new
macro name "Species" in the box provided and select "NEW" on the right.
6. A window opens to enter the Basic code with the Basic statements
"Sub Species" and "End Sub" already provided. The statements for the
macro "Stat1" are visible above the "Sub Species" statement so this new
macro is being appended to the previous one.
7. I enter the rest of the code for "Species" and close the window. (For
some reason, the provided "End Sub" is not recognized and I have to
enter another one.) I again look at what macros are listed in STANDARD
and only "Stat1" is listed. If I highlight "Stat1" the list of macros on
the right now shows "Stat1" and "Species" as macros. If I highlight
"Species" and select RUN only that macro executes, which is OK.
Okay, we have a terminology problem here. "Standard" is the name of a
Basic library. As said, libraries contain multiple "modules" - you have
one named "Stat1", which is displayed in the left hand side tree view
below the "Standard" node.
However, you *also* have a *sub routine" called "Stat1", which is
located in the *module" "Stat1".
The steps you describe create a new *sub routine* in the existing
*module* named "Stat1".
Try the following: Open "Stat1" for editing (select it in the dialog,
and press the "Edit" button, so the Basic IDE opens).
At the bottom of the window, you'll see a small tab named "Stat1". Open
its context menu, and choose "Insert / BASIC module". This will create a
new module, indicated by a second tab, and default-named "Module1". When
you now open the organizer dialog, again, you'll note that below the
"Standard" node in the tree, there's two entries: "Stat1" and "Module1"
=> you're done :)
Ciao
Frank
Thanks for your help so far!!! I followed your suggestions above and
figured out I had to right click on the "Stat1" tab to get to the
"Insert / BASIC module" option. I now have two modules: one named
Module1 which contains the "Species" macro, and another named Module2
which contains the "Stat1" macro. Now I can't figure out how to rename
the modules.
Dick
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