Variable to shorten code 1

dvirgint · Apr 23, 2012

Hello,

My company has switched from Attachmate Extra! to Attachmate Reflection recently and I have been creating new macros with the new Reflection syntax.

All is going well, however I was wondering if there was a way to create a variable to shorten the extremely long Sendkey functions.

For example, to make the system send a "tab" key, you have to add ibm.CurrentScreen.SendControlKey(ControlKeyCode_Tab)

I thought I could do something like:
Set tabKey = ibm.CurrentScreen.SendControlKey(ControlKeyCode_Tab)
... but that did not work.

Any ideas on how to approach this?

Thanks for your help.

Lakare · Apr 25, 2012

Have never used Attachmate Reflection, but can't you make a function to do the job like,

Code:

Declare Function sendkey(key)

Function sendkey(key)
  ibm.CurrentScreen.SendControlKey(key)
End Function

or if you want a Function, just for tab, then

Code:

Declare Function sendtab()

Function sendtab()
  ibm.CurrentScreen.SendControlKey(ControlKeyCode_Tab)
End Function

Then you just need to call it in main with,

Code:

Sub main
  sendkey("Hello World!")
End Sub

Don't know if the declaration of function syntax is the same in Reflection, because i use Extra!, and i'm not sure if this will work perfectly, but that is how i would do it.

Hope it helps

Lakare · Apr 26, 2012

Sorry, just realize the function was called SendControlKey, so the first function should not use SendControlKey, but the Sendkeys function instead.
Also, if you want a function to handle more ControlKeys, then you can make a function with an argument for the Controlkey, and then have a Switch (Select case) statement inside the function to use the correct control key.

You also need to Dim your session objects before the functions are described.

dvirgint · May 1, 2012

Thanks Lakare, it worked perfectly!!

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