where macroname is the name of the macro and var1, var2, ... are
variables to be passed to the macro. The macroname can be either a
complete path, or the name of the macro file provided the macro is
placed in one of the relevant macro directories. There are 3
levels of macros, system, instrument, and user and the run command will
search for the macros in this order. The assumed filename
extension in .macro and this extension is not required from the run
command. For instance, typing "run example.macro"
and "run
example" will run the same macro provided the file is located in
the system, instrument, or user macro directory.
For information and guidelines on writing macros, see the How to Write a Macro guideline.
Macros can also be edited and run from the GUI by selecting the Edit Macro
tab from the Macro/Stack top-level
tab. The macro is written in the top text box including loop
structures as shown in the example below. To expand any loops,
click on the yellow Expand
button - the results will be printed in the lower text box. The
macro can then be written to a file by clicking on the green Write to File
button. This will automatically place the macro in the user macro
directory and the default extension is .macro. The green Read from File
button will repopulate the top text box with the contents of a
previously written macro and the yellow Clear button
will clear the text from the top text box. Once the macro has been
is completed, the blue Execute Macro
button will execute the commands in the macro.
