The Quick Macro Panel, accessible by selecting "Quick Macros" from the Scripting menu, is a sidebar for playing your favorite or frequently-used macros. It initially appears docked to the right side of the main Tecplot 360 EX window, but like the other sidebars, it can be dragged out of the workspace to become a floating window, or docked with one or more other sidebars to suit your working habits. (See “Sidebars” on page 17 for more information on working with sidebars.)
This panel comes with a number of useful macro functions already defined. To run any of these macros, select it in the list, then click the Play button, or simply double-click the macro name.
The Quick Macro Panel is linked to a special macro file that should contain only macro function definitions ($!MACROFUNCTION instructions). The macro definitions having SHOWINMACROPANEL = TRUE appear in the Quick Macro Panel. Other functions may defined in this file without this flag; these can be called by the macro(s) displayed in the panel. You may also use the $!INCLUDEMACRO instruction to include macro instructions from other files into the quick macro file.
For information on how to load a quick macro file, see Section 30 - 1 “Custom Files loaded on Startup”.