Introducing advanced macros

As a developer using Host Access Transformation Services (HATS) Toolkit, you can incorporate macros into your HATS application. Macros and host terminal introduces the use of macros in HATS and describes how to create and modify basic macros. This document describes advanced macro functions that you can incorporate into your macro by using the Visual Macro Editor (VME) and the Advanced Macro Editor (AME). These tools provide graphical user interfaces that you can use to modify or add features to each screen interaction with the host application.

Use these editors to make any of these changes to your HATS macros:
  • Add actions, such as new prompts, mouse clicks, or conditional actions.
  • Edit and enhance the macro's screen recognition behavior and user input.
  • Add more intelligent behavior to the macro, such as choosing between alternate paths through an application.
Note:
Support for the Macro Editor and the Advanced Macro Editor is deprecated in HATS V9.7. While support continues for now, IBM® reserves the right to remove these capabilities in a subsequent release of the product. This support is replaced by the Visual Macro Editor.