Troubleshooting guide
Lab Exercise: Macro Writing 
Writing and Executing a Macro 
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Writing and Executing a Macro 
During this first exercise, you will simply follow the directions to create and 
execute a simple macro. 
1)  Minimize the ChemStation. From the Start button, select All Programs then 
Accessories, and Notepad. 
2)  Type in the following simple macro: 
Name Class 
File “c:\chem32\1\data\demo\005-0101.d” 
If RegSize(ChromReg)>0 then 
DelReg ChromReg 
Endif 
LoadSignal dad,a,,ChromReg 
IntegrateObj ChromReg 
SetWinTitle 1, "Class Chromatograms" 
Draw 2, ChromReg 
EndMacro 
3)  Under the File menu, select Save As. Save the file as a text document 
c:\chem32\core\class.mac. 
Note: Your path statements may be different than the example depending on 
the drive used for Chem32 and the instrument number. 
4)  Minimize Notepad and restore the ChemStation. 
5)  Now, set error detection. On the command line type: 
ListMessages On 
Question: 
What are other ways you can debug a macro? 
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6)  To test the macro, type on the command line: 










