Setting the Script Recording Level

Description

You can determine whether the Script Recorder records operations (such as Append, Copy, Export etc.) as Low level, or high level Xbasic commands. For example:

:A5.EXPORT("invoice numbers to excel")

is a high level command, whereas the following sequence shows low level commands:

export.file = filename
export.type = 1
export.names = export_names
export.options = "Q"
export.field_sep = ","
export.rec_sep = ""
export.fields = 5
export.field1 = "cust_id"
export.field2 = "salutation"
export.field3 = "first_name"
export.field4 = "last_name"
export.field5 = "home_phone"
tbl.export()

In some circumstances it might be preferable to record low level Xbasic command because you might want to "hard code" a sequence. To set the level at which the Xbasic Script Recorder operates, click the appropriate button in the Script Recorder window.