Macro Manager
The Macro Manager lists the macros defined for the active kernel and lets you control, for each one, whether it is executed and whether it is traced while you debug. It also lets you enable or disable whole families of macros at once and filter which macros are listed.
Enabling or disabling macro execution may change the result produced by the post-processor. Changing the tracing state never affects the result — it only controls whether you can step through the macro in the Macro trace window. Hiding or showing macros with the filters does not affect the result either.
Changes made in the Macro Manager apply to the current session only. They are kept across a Run » Restart, but are reset by File » New Job, File » Load Job and File » Exit.
The macro list
Each macro is shown on one row with three columns:
Execute — a check box that enables or disables execution of the macro. When cleared, the macro is skipped during processing.
Trace — a check box that enables or disables tracing of the macro. When tracing is disabled you cannot Step In to the macro to examine how it executes; its execution flow is unchanged.
Macro — the macro name.
Double-click a macro row to open that macro's source in the Source window. Click a column header to sort the list by that column; the Execute and Trace columns sort by check state, the Macro column sorts by name. Clicking the same header again reverses the order.
Check-box changes are sent to the kernel only while processing is idle.