CAA V5 Automation Uses Cases are macros that may access existing files. To make replaying such macros as straightforward as possible, they  most of the time follows coding conventions that may require specific SetUp of the V5 session. This article explains:

where to find CAA V5 Automation Uses Cases macros,

how to launch a macro,

which specific setup may be required.

Note: topics explained in this article, launching macros and retrieving existing files from the documentation installation, do not doesn't apply to documentation in HtmlHelp format or accessed through a http server.

Where to find CAA V5 Automation Uses Cases macros

Samples come with a documentation that most of the time contains the name of the macro and the module it belongs to.

A module is the folder, in the documentation installation, that contains the documentation of the sample along with the macros, located in the macros sub folder, and required documents in any, located in the samples sub folder.

The URL pointed by the Execute Macro text directly points on the macro and can be used, on Windows plaforms, to launch the replay of the macro.

A few samples documentations only contain a html view of the content of the macro, in this case, the macro must be retrieved from the documentation file, for example

    xxx/myModule/myMacroSource.htm

is the documentation view of the

    xxx/myModule/macros/myMacro.catvbs or xxx/myModule/macros/myMacro.CATScript

macro.

How to launch a macro

Macros can also be launched from the V5 session.

	This task explains how to launch a CAA V5 Automation Use case macro
	Select the Tools->Macro->Macros... command to display the Macro dialog box, Select the macro to be launched. Click the Run button.

Please note that the Macro Library must be set to the folder containing the macro.

For more details, on how to run a macro, and set macro libraries, consult in the V5 documentation, Infrastructure Solutions, Infrastructure Users Guide, the Recording, Running And Editing Macros topic.

Specific Setups

Unless explicitely specified, CAA Automation Use Cases macros that use documents search those documents in a location relative to where the documentation is installed and look for the documentation installation path in the CATDocView environment variable. If this variable is required by the macro but not set, when running the macro, the No Doc Path Defined error message is diplayed:

If it is set to a place where documents cannot be retrieved, an error message Cannot Load Document is displayed.

• If you access the CAA V5 Automation documentation in a V5 product documentation installation linked to a V5 product installation, this variable is already set to

<DocInstallation>

To be able to replay macros directly from the documentation, use the Environment Editor to create a new User Environment and set the value to:

<DocInstallation>/<Language>

Where <Language> is the language for which the documentation has been installed (for example <DocInstallation>/English).

Remark: you have to use the Environment Editor for this purpose, you cannot use the Tools Options commands.

• If you access the CAA V5 Automation documentation in a CAA installation, use the Environment Editor to create a new User Environment and set the value to:

  <CAAInstallation>/CAADoc/Doc

  For more details, on how to create and modifiy Environments, consult in the V5 documentation, Infrastructure Solutions, Installation And Deployment Guide, the Managing Environments topic.

  

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