Function Description - Zeiss LSM 880 Operating Manual

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Function Description

Toolbar buttons
Run
Stop
Break
Step over
Step into
Load / Save / Save as
Variables
The editor uses predefined action blocks. The action blocks for setting up the work flow of the macro are
categorized according to their properties. The following categories are displayed on the left-hand side of
the Visual Macro Editor control window.
− Acquisition
− Windows
− Load/Save
− Program Flow
− Process
− Hardware Control
− Sub Macro
• Click on one of the category selection buttons will display the available action blocks.
The action blocks can be positioned according to their function either in the Program Flow column or
the Data Flow column. The color of the connection arrows of the action block defines the possibility
to position the block in the program flow column or the data flow column(s).
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Visual Macro Editor
Starts the macro starting with the first block in the program flow column.
Stops the macro at any time.
Interrupts the macro. Clicking the button again will resume the actual
program flow of the Macro.
Runs a sub-macro and stops at the first action block in the main macro.
Stops at the first action block in a sub-macro.
Use Load to open an existing macro and Save to store the macro. SaveAs
allows storing the same macro under a different name.
By clicking the button the list of defined variables is displayed. New ones can
be added by typing in name and value in the next free line. Variables are
assigned to macros. For each new macro a new list of variables has to be
generated.
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