UltraEdit delivers easy viewing and editing of code and variables. That means each branch of every IF condition must be at least once executed by running the script several times with various inputs respectively under various use cases to make sure that really each line in script works and does not result in an error on execution.UltraEdit Editor for Programming & Development Color coded editor, syntax highlighting, and bookmarks Now also available for Linux Therefore testing a script to detect errors means that really each line must be executed once. While the script engine makes a basic syntax check on start of script execution, some errors like referencing value of a variable which was not defined in code executed before are detected by script engine only on executing the appropriate line. Therefore a syntax error in macro code is immediately detected. The execution of a macro never results in overwriting the current output window content.Ī macro edited in Edit/Create Macro dialog is compiled on closing the macro and confirming the change. When entire script is fully tested, this setting can be disabled to prevent current output window content to be overwritten on script execution. This setting should be always enabled on script development as otherwise errors detected by scripting engine are not displayed anywhere. On execution of a script the current output window content is overwritten with status information of script interpreter except Show status information in output window is unchecked at Advanced - Settings or Configuration - Scripting. But for simple tasks I would still prefer macros over scripts.
In macros the document/window must be always switched when data in another file should be modified or read. Scripts are also better when working on multiple documents at the same time because data can be modified in a document which currently does not have the focus. Creating reports with macros is not so easy, mainly because it is not possible to simply copy a fixed text into a clipboard without the usage of an edit window and because there are no variables (counters). Scripts are really well when they are designed for a job which must be done daily, weekly or monthly especially when reports should be also created by the scripts. The error messages are often better for scripts than for macros. That's not possible for macros (except with a workaround). The source of a script can be also easily viewed and formatted with indentations and directly edited in the document window. In scripts you can also easily add comments which is not possible for macros (except with a workaround). Nesting of loops is also possible in scripts, but not in macros. Scripts have the big advantages of support for variables, easy string manipulations in RAM and there is the possibility to work with the output window.
That requires programming skills and more time when just do something with the actual file and then the script is not needed anymore. Scripts must be always programmed, they cannot be recorded. See Scripting reference for all available UltraEdit scripting functions and properties and Macro commands for all available UltraEdit macro commands and their parameters.Īn advantage of macros is that they can be quickly recorded and re-run to redo some commands on the current file.
On the other hand there are script commands and properties not available in the macro environment. Scripts can much more than macros, but there are some things which cannot be done with scripts.įor example it is not possible with scripts to select a text from actual cursor position or expand an existing selection to end of a found string with a Find Select like it is possible with macros which I often use in my macros.
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