Creating a new action
Looking again at the Actions list
box in Figure 1, you should notice that
it does not yet contain any actions. The selections, which are all
enclosed in angle brackets and all begin with the word new,
are for creating new actions. As you can see in Figure 1, part of the Actions list
box is not tall enough to show the whole list at once. Following is
the entire list:
Figure 1. Contents of the list of an Actions list box with no actions created
<new input action>
<new extract action>
<new prompt action>
<new pause action>
<new comm wait action>
<new trace action>
<new mouse click action>
<new variable update action>
<new play macro action>
<new perform action>
<new conditional action>
<new sql query action>For example, if you click <new
input action>, the Macro object creates a new Input action and
places it at the top of the list. The lower area of the Actions tab allows you to fill out the
various fields that belong to an Input action (such as the input key
sequence). The new Input item is in the selected area of the Actions
list box, and the list part of the list box then looks like this:
Figure 2. Contents
of the list of an Actions list box with one actual action
Input action1(0,0)
<new input action>
<new extract action>
<new prompt action>
<new pause action>
<new comm wait action>
<new trace action>
<new mouse click action>
<new variable update action>
<new play macro action>
<new perform action>
<new conditional action>
<new sql query action>When the macro runtime processes this macro screen, it performs the actions in the same order in which they are listed in the Actions list box. To change the order of the actual actions, click the Change Order button to the right of the Actions list box.