Chapter 5. The User Interface

3.Click Record.

The dialog box disappears, and a small panel appears at the top left of the screen:

4.Press the keys for the macro.

ŠTo pause macro recording, click Pause. To resume, click Pause again.

ŠClicking Show brings up a dialog box that lists each keystroke that you make, together with the amount of time each one takes (see page 64).

Note: 1. Case is not considered – typing A or a has the same effect.

5.When recording the macro the focus must be on the remote screen. It cannot be in the macro dialog box.

2.Only the default keyboard characters may be used. Alternate characters cannot be used. For example, if the keyboard is Traditional Chinese and default character is A the alternate Chinese character obtained via keyboard switching is not recorded.

6.If you haven’t brought up the Show dialog, click Done when you have finished recording your macro. You return to the Macros dialog box with your system macro key presses displayed in the Macro column:

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