Microsoft KB Archive/63383

Works: SKIP Macro Function Creates Repeating Macro

PSS ID Number: Q63383 Article last modified on 06-12-1996

2.00

MS-DOS

= SUMMARY =

When using the SKIP macro function in a Works version 2.00 macro, a looping macro can accidentally be created. This occurs when using a playback key that needs to be reassigned.

For example:

Assign the macro code “a” to a macro that prints “This is a test,” as follows:

  Choose the Macro menu (ALT+/).   From the Macro menu, choose Record Macro.   For the playback key, type the letter “a” and press ENTER.   Works will prompt you with “OK to redefine this key?” Select OK.   Type the following text, where angle brackets (<>) indicate an action to be taken: this is  a test The SKIP macro can also be invoked by typing “`” (the accent-grave symbol, without quotation marks).   Choose the Macro menu (ALT+/) and choose End Recording. 

When you type “a”, Works will print “this is” over and over again because the SKIP function does not work correctly when the playback key is one that is used within the macro.

If the macro playback key is pressed (the letter “a” in this example) while recording, the error message “you have created a looping macro” will appear.

= MORE INFORMATION =

More information is available in Appendix E of the “Microsoft Works Reference” manual. The SKIP function is discussed on Page 373.

Microsoft is currently researching this problem and will post new information here as it becomes available.

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