Creating a variable

In the Source view, you create a variable using a <create> element. There is a containing element called <vars> that contains all the variables in the macro script, and there is a <create> element for each variable. Figure 1 shows a <vars> element that contains five <create> elements:

Figure 1. Sample <vars> element

<vars>
   <create name="$strAccountName$" type="string" value="" />
   <create name="$intAmount$" type="integer" value="0" />
   <create name="$dblDistance$" type="double" value="0.0" />
   <create name="$boolSignedUp$" type="boolean" value="false" />
   <create name="$fldFunction$" type="field" />
</vars>

In Figure 1, the <vars> element creates one variable from each of the standard data types (string, integer, double, boolean, and field).

You must put all variable creations (<create> elements) inside the <vars> element. The <vars> element itself must appear after the <import> element, if any (see the next section), and before the first macro screen (<screen> element).