Chapter 6 Using Tools and Applications

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6.7.6 Advanced Macro Editing

 

Accessing the

You can access the Visual Basic Editor to enhance or edit a

 

 

 

 

Visual Basic

script created by the Macro Recorder in Data Explorer, or to

 

 

Editor

create a new script.

 

 

 

 

Access the Visual Basic Editor from Data Explorer in three

 

 

 

ways:

• Select Visual Basic Editor from the Tools menu.

Select Macros from the Tools menu, select the macro to

 

edit, then click Edit.

Click

in the Macro toolbar

Displaying scriptable objectsNumbering sequence

The DATAEXPLORER.VB6 file is displayed in the Visual Basic Project Explorer window.

Macro scripts created using the Macro Recorder in Data Explorer are stored in Module folders in the Project Explorer window.

To display a list of the scriptable objects available within Data Explorer, select Object Browser from the View menu in the Visual Basic Project Explorer window.

For information on using the Visual Basic Editor, refer to the online help in the Visual Basic Editor.

When you create Macro scripts, the Visual Basic Editor uses a numbering sequence that starts at 0. If you specify a number of 1 in the Visual Basic Editor, it indicates the second item in a sequence, not the first. For example, if you create a script to sort the Peak List in the Output window, and you want to sort by Area (column 8 in the Peak List), specify sorting on column 7 in the script.

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