Macro Recorder Macros Take Priority Over Application Macros

• Microsoft Windows operating system versions 3.0, 3.0a

SYMPTOMS

If you have more than one macro with the same key sequence, and one of the macros was created in the Recorder program packaged with Microsoft Windows version 3.0, Windows replays the Recorder-created macro instead of a macro created from other Windows-based applications.

For example, if you write a macro in Microsoft Excel that is activated by the CTRL+A key sequence, and you also have a macro created for the Recorder application that uses CTRL+A, the Recorder macro is activated when you press CTRL+A. This occurs if Recorder is running in a window or as an icon.

If the Recorder macro is set to play back into Any Application, the macro keystrokes are sent to the application that is running. If the Recorder macro is set to play back into Same Application, the Recorder attempts to switch control to the application where the macro was recorded and then play back into THAT application. If the application is not running, Recorder terminates with an error message.

WORKAROUND

To change Recorder's playback, do the following:

1. From the Options menu, choose Preferences.

2. The Default Preferences dialog box appears. Under Playback To, select Any Application or Same Application.