RunMacro

This will execute another named macro on the same local client or on another remote client having enabled the ROB-EX automation server.

In case of errors a diagnostic message is logged to the standard ROB-EX log window.

Example parameter configuration

Parameter descriptions

(* = configuration required)

delaySecsAfterOnError
Number of seconds to wait before the macro ends in case the macro was executed with an error. Adding a delay here will allow the user to see diagnostic error messages concerning the error.
Default is 5 seconds.

delaySecsAfterOnSuccess
Number of seconds to wait before the macro ends in case the macro was executed with without any errors. Adding a delay here will allow the user to see diagnostic messages concerning the execution of the called macro.
Default is 0 seconds (no delay).

host
The host name or the IP address of the client running the ROB-EX automation server. If you want to execute the macro on the local PC leave this setting blank.

macroname
The full name of the macro you wish to execute. Full name means that it includes also a prefix with the namespace. This is usually ‘main’. So if you want to run the macro ‘MyMacro’ this value should be ‘main:MyMacro’.
If you want to run the Database Plugin manual macro you would enter: ‘dbplugin:Manual’

port
The port number the automation server is running on. The default is 14324 (leave blank). For further information concerning the port number see automation server.