Installing Corel Draw Macros - Engraving Etc. Forum

From:	Stunt Engraver (DGL)	1 Mar 2007
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From Carl Sewell: Here is information on installing the macro and also adding a macro as command button to your toolbox toolbar (or where ever you'd like it). It's fairly easy to implement an existing macro - Make sure there are no copies of CorelDraw running. - Copy the GMS file to the CorelDraw GMS folder, usually: C:\Program Files\Corel\Corel Graphics 12\Draw\GMS - Start Corel and go to Tools> Visual Basic > Play - Towards the bottom of the pop-up window you'll see "Macros in:". Select the arrow down at the end of the text box on that line. - Click on the macro you'd like to run. - The macro name will be placed in the text box under Macro Name. - Click on Run. You can also add the macro as a command on a toolbar, which isn't the easiest thing to do, but we're talking minutes and not hours to implement. I have a flyout specifically for macros. It's fairly straight forward and once you do it, it is fairly intuitive. To add a command button for a macro to the Toolbox toolbar: - Right click anywhere on the toolbox toolbar and follow Customize> Toolbox Toolbar> and then click on Add a new command - In the new window, just below the word Command (top center of the new window) is a text box with File. Click on the down arrow and find and select Macros (it's at the top of the list). - In the text list box below, find the macro that you want to add as a command button and click on it ONCE. - You can add a tool tip (see box to the right) under the GENERAL tab. - Or use a shortcut key for it under the SHORTCUT KEYS tab - Click on the Appearance tab. - Here you can change the ICON by IMPORTing one or drawing your own! - You may want to change the caption (above the ICON) to something simpler than what is displayed. - Once you get all that done (and you can come back and modify this later), left click (hold down the mouse button) on the macro name in the list box (to left of the tabs section, where you first clicked on it above) and drag it to the toolbox toolbar. Or wherever you want. - You can undo the command button by dragging it back to where you dragged it from. - You can go back and modify the icon or tooltip without having to drag it to the toolbar again. The macro and the associated code is FREE to use and distribute as you please. If you make any money off of it, please send at least half to me. ;^) ============================================= David "The Stunt Engraver" Lavaneri DGL Engraving Port Hueneme, CA

From:	John (ICTJOHN)	2 Mar 2007
To:	Stunt Engraver (DGL)	2 of 3

6214.2 In reply to 6214.1

:-& :-& :-& :-& :-&

I guess I have turned into an "Old Dog"! That sure looks like a headache to install, run and remember!!!!!!!

Whatever happened to the good ole days?

Oh, wait........... that was when you had to hand engrave, had no color graphics, and bought trophies in the back of the sporting goods store (and took what ever they had!)

OK, maybe I will try to "stay off of the porch" and learn something NEW so I can "run with the big Dogs"
:P

John
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