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Liberty
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Delete macro does not work

Post by Liberty » Sat Dec 20, 2014 10:49 am

I have MS 14.1 on a laptop with 8.1.

Here the laptop menu command DELETE (MACRO) is unavailable (dimmed).
What to do? Urgent.

I have many macros.
On my PC this works

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Re: Delete macro does not work

Post by Marcus Tettmar » Mon Dec 22, 2014 10:22 am

Is the macro in a linked group? If so you can't delete it from within Macro Scheduler. Instead delete the file from disk.
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Re: Delete macro does not work

Post by Liberty » Mon Dec 22, 2014 1:54 pm

Possibly I use "linked" without knowing better.
- On my PC I can delete .-
I found that I could delete the file but this is also a little hard o work with.

What does linked Group mean? Reference?
Probably I could skip this - How do I delete the linking?
(I found now the check box in the Group property - but cannot uncheck it)

Thank you for a prompt reply.

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Re: Delete macro does not work

Post by Marcus Tettmar » Mon Dec 22, 2014 2:01 pm

If it's just you using it then you probably don't need a linked group. This should explain what a linked group is and how it can be useful:

http://help.mjtnet.com/article/161-how- ... work-users

Linked groups are explained in the manual under "Groups":
https://www.mjtnet.com/manual/index.html?groups.htm
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Re: Delete macro does not work

Post by Liberty » Wed Jan 07, 2015 2:16 pm

To delete the linking should be easier.

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Re: Delete macro does not work

Post by Marcus Tettmar » Wed Jan 07, 2015 2:24 pm

There are plans for a linked group management tool. Linked groups are designed for centralised sharing of macros and you would not want users deleting macros that someone has shared, at least not the original file. So for that reason the idea is that the administrator would delete the file. In future the administrator - or the person who created the linked macro - would be able to manage the links. Users should not be able to remove or modify links, but can create non-linked local groups.
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