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ADVANCED SKYLITE CHAPTER 4
Recording a Macro
The macro recorder records keystrokes and left mouse button clicks. The following steps
take you through the tasks typically needed to record a macro to automatically log on to a
host.
1. Open or create a session.
2. Click the Record Macro button as shown opposite or select Macro, Record
macro from the System menu.
3. Type a file name in the Destination field, or select an existing file name using the
Browse button.
The Timeout and the Match at Least _ Characters options are set at a default
setting. You may need to increase the Timeout setting if you have a slow host.
4. Check the AutoConnect Using This Macro File box to enable it. If you are not
recording a default logon script, do not check this box. If you check the box, the
macro file name will appear in the Session Setup AutoConnect dialog.
5. Select the Start button to begin recording. A toolbar is displayed:
Pauses the recording of
Stops the recording of the macro.
the macro.
6. At the password prompt, you can type in the password and press Return. Or, you
can choose to record the macro so that when the login and password prompt
appears on the screen, the macro waits for you to type in the login and password
and to press the Return key. The advantage of choosing this second option is that
the password will not be stored in the macro file. This is much more secure.
To record the macro so that you have to type the password in manually:
1. From the System menu, select Macro, Passthrough; type the password at the
prompt; then press Return. Pressing the Return key has the effect of turning the
macro recorder back on.
2. Once you are logged on to the host you can either stop the macro recorder, or
you can perform any tasks you normally perform at the start of the session and
that you would like to automate, before stopping the macro recorder.
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