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Is it possible for me to load a text file to my macro. Ex. me writing my macro in notepad so I can put and paste..Then typinga command in the macro to load that file??

If so tell me the procedure.

Also, is there a limit of spaces/words in a micro? All of a sudden I couldn't type anymore in my macro..

thanks

Lu,

I'm not sure if this is possible, as it would require you doing an alt tab.

Probably the best thing to do is type it out, print it, and then recopy it in the game. More typing, but it'll save you a lot of time surfing the boards to find the "elegant" solution.

B

I'm pretty sure there is a way to do it, I saw it on a post once. You make a text file, name it something specific, and put it in a directory and SWG will take it as a macro. This post doesn't have a lot of info on how to do it, but I think it can be done. Someone smarter than me (not very difficult) knows how to do it.

Yes this can easily be done . Save a text file in your SWG directory, we'll call it mac1.txt, when you write the macro name the macro by using this format

macnane : /command1; /command2;

Whatever you need. Then in game in the chat bar use /load mac1.txt.This will allias the macro allowing you to type /macname to use your macro. You can then do an in game macro for a hotkey that launches /macname. The problem with this is that you have to load all your macros when you come back into the game so I macro this as well by makeing one more macro text file with a bunch of /load commands to load all my macros. There is a link on here somewhere that has a better example of doing this but I don't have the link, I'm on work PC.

I've started fully realising the potential of macros for the first time, frankly, and they can make your life immensely easy. Invest an hour (easily done)or so setting up all these things and you won't have to worry about them for a long, long time. Very useful, as they were intended to be. Do a search for "ui commands" and "text commands" and "macro commands" on the boards, and you'll pull up a lot of really smart people who figured this stuff out from beta.

Thanks balou

macnane : /command1; /command2;

I don't understand that could you explain it a little more?

/macnaMe NAME not naNe...