Excellent. That is exactly what I needed. Why couldn't the "Help" be as
"Carlos J. Quintero [.NET MVP]" <carlosq@NOSPAMsogecable.com> wrote in
> Here we go:
>
> * A macro in VS.NET is a VB.NET subroutine that executes some code.
>
> * Macros (subroutines) can be grouped in VB.NET Modules
>
> * VB.NET Modules can be grouped in Macro projects.
>
> * You have a Macro Explorer window (View, Other windows, Macro Explorer
> menu) to show your projects, modules and macros.
>
> * You can create a macro in 2 ways:
>
> - Recording it (Tools, Macros, Record TemporaryMacro menu). The code of
> the recorded macro is always stored in the MyMacros project,
> RecordingModule module, TemporaryMacro procedure. There is only 1
> temporary macro, so if you record a new macro, it replaces the previous
> macro code. You can run the temporary macro with the menu Tools, Macros,
> Run TemporaryMacro.
>
> - Typing code directly. You can use any macro project, any macro module
> and any procedure name for the macro, and therefore you can have lot of
> macros. To create macros in this way you need to know the object model of
> VS.NET. You can run these macros selecting them in the Macro Explorer and
> using the context menu "Run".
>
> * You can assign keyboard shortcuts to any macro using the Tools,
> Customize menu, Keyboard button, type "Macros" in the "Show commands
> containing" textbox and look for you macro full name.
>
>
>
> --
> Best regards,
>
> Carlos J. Quintero
>
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> "Wayne Wengert" <wayneSKIPSPAM@wengert.org> escribió en el mensaje
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>>I am using VSNE2003/VB. I came across an article that included a handy
>>macro but I am lost trying to create the macro and I am also totally
>>confused about how to run macros. I am an old duck and to me, you
>>create/record a macro, give it a shortcut key and away you go. Reading the
>>Help for macros has me lost. The samples seem to be a collection of
>>functions in a module? I don't know if I want a macro project or a nacro
>>module? How do I simply create a plain old macro and assign it a shortcut?
>>
>> Sorry to be so dense but I think I went off in the wrong direction here.
>>
>> Wayne
>>
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