Make scheduled macro's wait for other macros to finish

[GlennM]

Hi,

I have tried to find the answer in existing forum topics but is hard to find something talking about a specific type of scheduling when basically everything is about scheduling!

I have number of scheduled macros that vary in time to complete. I also have other macros that are dependant on databases completing upload etc. so need to be manually triggered. My intent is to allow users to trigger these over the network using MsNet when required.

Some of the macros require mouse movement and other things that mean I can't have macro's overlapping.
So,

Is there a way that Macro Scheduler can recognise another macro is running and then add other macros run requests to a list to be performed once the current macro (and others on the list ahead of it) has completed?

Appreciate any help.

-Glenn

[Marcus Tettmar]

One approach is to have your macros set a flag in e.g. an INI file to indicate that they are running. At the end the flag is reset.

Other macros will check this value and if it is set, wait until it is reset before continuing.

Look at EditIniFile and ReadIniFile commands.

[GlennM]

Thanks Marcus,

I'll give that a go. If there are 2 macros waiting to go using this method is there any logic to which one will go first when the running macro has completed?