New script

[kosmok]

I have been searching and searching, no luck. How do you create a new script in scriptmaker? I select new and expect to be able to enter text. But it doesn't appear that way. I'm not versed at all in scriptmaking, just picking up bits and pieces along the way from this forum and the web. I'm trying to create a script that will open my file that I have imported into my DB - assest management. TIA

[SteveB]

I don't use v7, but it shouldn't be drastically different than v6. When Scriptmaker opens, at the bottom of the window, enter a name for the new script and then click the Create button.

Steve

[Lee Smith]

Hi Steven,

It did change a little, and since I'm just starting to use v7, others should feel free to jump in and correct me.

[color:"blue"]Go to Main Menu >> Script >>ScriptMaker (this remained Unchanged), however from here on it has changed The box that used to show where you typed the name and then Edit, etc. no longer show has the place to name the script. You hit a button "New" put directly into the Define Script Menu, where you first type the Script Name, then select the steps, then hit Okay. You are then put back in the the First to select the option to show or not show in the Script Menu.

HTH

Lee

OOPS

Had to change this a little.

[kosmok]

That makes sense yes, but where do you edit the actual text of an existing script or make a new one? I can't seem to get into any text edit box to write my own. Again, sorry for the newbness and thanks.

[Lee Smith]

If you want to create a new script, hit the "New" button. If you want to Edit an existing script, first click on the script, and the hit the Edit button. From this point, will be presented with the "Define Script" menu. On a new script, the box below where you type the name of the script is blank. On an existing script, it will have script step (most of the time, there are exceptions).

For the New script, select the step you want to have the script perform, and the button on the bottom will light up "Move", click the "Move" and the step is moved to the box that was empty. Beyond this, I think you need to read the manual, look at the example files, and work through the tutorials.

HTH

Lee

[MoonShadow]

"...but where do you edit the actual text of an existing script or make a new one?" kosmok, you don't.

In Script Maker you can only select (as Lee suggests or by double-clicking to insert the script-step). It is only in each script-step's SPECIFY or CALCULATED RESULT (lower right after inserting your script-step) that you can type text and/or enter calculations. Within these dialogs, you control the criteria on how/when the step should fire and you must use proper syntax.