Motif Mapper VBA Installation
Installation.
Option (1)
- The entire package, including auxiliary programs (macros) and forms, has been saved in a ".dot" format ("Template") which can be opened by directly clicking on the template file.
Option (2)
- The package can be linked by going to "Tools/Templates and Add-Ins/" (German: "Extras/Vorlage und Add-Ins/") and then place it in the Global documents by clicking on "Insert" (German: "Hinzüfugen) and locate the template file. The template file must be saved on the computer in order to be accessed since it is not stored somewhere else as a copy. Therefore, you may keep it on a CD or other device if you wish.
After inserting the file, you must check the Template file entered to activate it (this is done automatically the first time you install the template this way).
If this option is taken, the VBScript Regular Expressions 5.5 library must be activated.
Go to "Tools/Macros/Visual Basic Editor" then in the Editor "Tools/References" (German: "Extras/Macros/Visual-Basic Editor" and in the Editor "Extras/Verweise"). Look for the Library and activate it. When Word is closed, the package will also be closed. Each time the user wants to run a program from the package, one must go back to "Tools/Templates and Add-Ins/" and reactivate the package. Please remember, that in order to use any of the programs, one must have Word open and the "Template" activated, therefore it is just easier to just click on the template file or to install using Option 3.
Option (3)
- Close Word if you have it open, then open the Template file then by clicking on it and go to "Tools/Templates und Add-Ins/Organize" (German: "Extras/Vorlagen und Add-Ins/Organisieren"). From "Macro Project Elements available in" (German: "Makroprojectelemente verfügbar in") select MM3.1.2 (or the current version). This will copy each module from MM3.1.2 to the Normal, the global Word Template (or your default Template).
After this is done, then all of the programs are then permanently installed in your Template and are accessible from "Tools/Macro/Macros" (German: "Extras/Makro/Makros/"). This also means that one has to have Word open in order to run the programs since Word then serves as the complier. Since this is only one installation option, we also provided all modular programs separately in a compressed file which can by manually loaded into Word's "Normal" which is always available for macro use. Go to the Editor, then "File/Import File" (German: "Datei/Datei importieren")and choose the file. Be careful not to save the modules a word document! The module or form will be loaded into the Normal (global template) and will be permanently available. These macros will not be attached to any document.
Disclaimer.
Macros are very powerful programs that are employed by different programmers for convenient access of common objects within MS based systems. The new development of the ".dot" programming language is in part based on the sophistication and power of the developing macro/scripting language. Because however, macros can also be corrupted with a virus (or simply BE a virus) it is important that a user is always aware what type of macro is being loaded and ran from the complier. In MS Word under "Extras/Macros/Security" there should be three settings that the user can choose: HIGH, MEDIUM, or LOW. The normal choice should be HIGH, however in order to run some macros it is necessary to choose MEDIUM otherwise you will not even be allowed to choose if you would like to "activate macros" or not (you might have noticed that this is an option on some computers that you use). If you set the option to LOW, then all macros (including ones that are self-loading) will be accepted and executed. We recommend that the user chooses MEDIUM if connected to the internet when using the package otherwise the setting should remain on HIGH, not because of danger from this package, but from other potential viruses. If not connected to the internet, the LOW setting should provide the proper ease that a program should provide.
Remember that Motif Mapper comes with no guarantee or warrantee.
Please see Motif Mapper License.