Refreshing and Executing a Macro

Post Author: Zahed
CA Forum: Desktop Intelligence Reporting
Refreshing and Executing a Macro Problem Description I have a report which has a MACRO WITHIN IT. I want to schedule the report , refresh report and auto run macro which exports the results to text file. I am able to schedule and Refresh but can't get the MACRO auto after refresh to run. In 5.1.8 when I scheduled the report it used give me the option to REFRESH And run the MACRO. How do I do this in BO XR2.
The text file itself is a concatenation of the date and version number which is done within the code, hence the need to use and run the Macro. The Macro needs to executed after Report Refresh.Any help will be appreciatedZahed

OK, enough time lost.
Would you simply have tried tit, you would have seen that your toolbar is automatically stored in your Global.mpt (I did hope you had heard about the organizer and global.mpt) and as such available for all projects in that machine.
You would also have seen that when you create it it floats, and by simply dragging a toolbar around you can make it float.
If you want to make it accessible to all users, copy it into a file (using Tools, Organizer) save that file, send it to your end users (or store it on a file server where they have access) with the instruction to use Tools, Organizer to copy it into their
global.mpt. Done this many times for customers, works like a charm.
Indeed in 2010 it is more complicated and some things like creating your own button is so complicated I dare not even begin.

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