Posted: May 03 2004 at 22:39 | IP Logged

John,

I think Tony may be on to something here...

I went ahead and created a macro called "CALLZ" and tested it out.  I went ahead and exported it so you can import it into your database and from their you can play with it.  The export is below:

insert into macroheader values ('CALLZ','TEST',4,4,252,96,0,0,0,12632256,0,0,1,'',10);
insert into macrodetail values ('CALLZ',1,16,'',NULL,'if(ph_ismacrowaiting("CALLZ") = 0,1,999)',0);
insert into macrodetail values ('CALLZ',2,26,'',NULL,'START',0);
insert into macrodetail values ('CALLZ',3,38,'',0,'ph_setccbtnbcolor(2,ph_getglobal_n("BUTT"),230)',0);
insert into macrodetail values ('CALLZ',4,31,'',NULL,'.5',0);
insert into macrodetail values ('CALLZ',5,38,'',0,'ph_setccbtnbcolor(2,ph_getglobal_n("BUTT"),12632256)',0);
insert into macrodetail values ('CALLZ',6,31,'',NULL,'.5',0);
insert into macrodetail values ('CALLZ',7,38,'',0,'ph_setglobal_a("BUTT",if(ph_getglobal_n("BUTT") = 10,1,ph_getglobal_n("BUTT") + 1))',0);
insert into macrodetail values ('CALLZ',8,27,'',NULL,'"START"',0);

Copy and paste the above lines into the "Direct SQL" window (found under the "Maintenance" menu).  This will create a macro for you with an ID of "CALLZ".  I based the code upon what you had previously posted and what I thought you would need.  The macro will cycle the button colors on tab number 2, buttons 1 through 10.  The macro first checks to see if it's already in the process of running and exits if it is. 

Once the macro starts, it will loop indefinately until stopped, cycling the button colors.  You would need another macro or formula that responds to the mouse click or however you're going to select a button.  This macro or formula would first execute a ph_killmacrowait("CALLZ") to stop the button cycling.  You could then check the "BUTT" global variable and then execute based upon that value.

Hope this helps,

Dave.

Posted: May 03 2004 at 22:49 | IP Logged

TonyNo

I hope I have it correct:

  Under Macros I have one labled three

  Under Macro Detail ID:three     Description:three

seq 10   type: Formula  Value: Immediate   with the formula above   

Posted: May 04 2004 at 00:30 | IP Logged

Dave

You can ignore my last post,missed page 2. I will try your last post when I get home. I've been looking for a book that might help me understand more do you have any suggestions.

johnsde

Posted: May 06 2004 at 10:04 | IP Logged

John,

Just wanted to know how it was going?

Concerning a book...not much out there specific to PowerHome .  However, if you're interested in something to familiarize yourself with basic programming, probably the easiest is something like the Teach Yourself Visual Basic in 21 Days type of book.  VB is a very popular language and relatively easy to learn.

Another suggestion would be to get a book that teaches Javascript and HTML.  This would probably be more applicable to PowerHome because you could use the HTML and Javascript to customize the PowerHome web pages as well as teach you the basics of programming.

Dave.

Posted: May 09 2004 at 23:10 | IP Logged

Dave

Just to let you know your download for the macro did the trick. I did not have a vary good understanding of how to make a macro. I'am getting to the point of putting in the commands for redrat3. The program will have 6 tabs with 10 buttons to scan through for each tab with the tenth button to change to the next tab. On each tab there is two other buttons to stop and start the scaning and to pick the button its stopped on.  Still doing a little tinkering with the program before starting redrat3 and then the 2 inputs.

Thanks to you and TonyNo                    

johnsde                                            

Posted: May 10 2004 at 11:09 | IP Logged

Thats great John.  Let me know how it goes or if you encounter any problems and Im sure we'll get them worked out.

Good luck,

Dave.