<![CDATA[Who "broke" my macro??]]>For years now, I have a little macro that allows me to convert an SQL command to a Visual Basic multiline string and it worked beautifully! The keystroke sequence was

  1. Home
  2. Home
  3. "
  4. End
  5. " & vbcrlf & _
  6. Down Arrow

I would position the cursor at the top and then run to end of file.

<code>
If I position my cursor on a line:
FROM database.dbo.table
with the current version of Notepad++, instead of getting the expected:
“FROM database.dbo.table” & vbcrlf & _
I get
"“FROM datavase.dbo.table” & vbcrlf & _ [vbcrlf ]
. [vbClientBasic]
and the macro STOPS!
</code>

How do I turn off this new “feature” and get back my desired behavior??

]]>https://community.notepad-plus-plus.org/topic/11972/who-broke-my-macroRSS for NodeThu, 16 Apr 2026 14:59:00 GMTWed, 15 Jun 2016 19:31:48 GMT60<![CDATA[Reply to Who "broke" my macro?? on Fri, 24 Jun 2016 22:57:21 GMT]]>@Jalapeno-Bob

the problem happens because of the autocompletion function.
You either can disable it or change your macro with one additional line
(should be placed as second to last line

<Action type="0" message="2325" wParam="0" lParam="0" sParam="" />

which basically means you would press Esc before Arrow down.

<Macro name="SQL quoting for VB" Ctrl="no" Alt="no" Shift="no" Key="0">
    <Action type="0" message="2453" wParam="0" lParam="0" sParam="" />
    <Action type="0" message="2453" wParam="0" lParam="0" sParam="" />
    <Action type="1" message="2170" wParam="0" lParam="0" sParam='&quot;' />
    <Action type="0" message="2306" wParam="0" lParam="0" sParam="" />
    <Action type="0" message="2451" wParam="0" lParam="0" sParam="" />
    <Action type="1" message="2170" wParam="0" lParam="0" sParam='&quot;' />
    <Action type="1" message="2170" wParam="0" lParam="0" sParam=" " />
    <Action type="1" message="2170" wParam="0" lParam="0" sParam="&amp;" />
    <Action type="1" message="2170" wParam="0" lParam="0" sParam=" " />
    <Action type="1" message="2170" wParam="0" lParam="0" sParam="v" />
    <Action type="1" message="2170" wParam="0" lParam="0" sParam="b" />
    <Action type="1" message="2170" wParam="0" lParam="0" sParam="c" />
    <Action type="1" message="2170" wParam="0" lParam="0" sParam="r" />
    <Action type="1" message="2170" wParam="0" lParam="0" sParam="l" />
    <Action type="1" message="2170" wParam="0" lParam="0" sParam="f" />
    <Action type="1" message="2170" wParam="0" lParam="0" sParam=" " />
    <Action type="1" message="2170" wParam="0" lParam="0" sParam="&amp;" />
    <Action type="1" message="2170" wParam="0" lParam="0" sParam=" " />
    <Action type="1" message="2170" wParam="0" lParam="0" sParam="_" />
    <Action type="0" message="2325" wParam="0" lParam="0" sParam="" />        
    <Action type="0" message="2300" wParam="0" lParam="0" sParam="" />
</Macro>

This should do the trick

Cheers
Claudia

]]>https://community.notepad-plus-plus.org/post/16550https://community.notepad-plus-plus.org/post/16550Fri, 24 Jun 2016 22:57:21 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Who "broke" my macro?? on Thu, 23 Jun 2016 18:32:39 GMT]]>The steps of my macro are in shortcuts.xml:

    <Macro name="SQL quoting for VB" Ctrl="no" Alt="no" Shift="no" Key="0">
        <Action type="0" message="2453" wParam="0" lParam="0" sParam="" />
        <Action type="0" message="2453" wParam="0" lParam="0" sParam="" />
        <Action type="1" message="2170" wParam="0" lParam="0" sParam='&quot;' />
        <Action type="0" message="2306" wParam="0" lParam="0" sParam="" />
        <Action type="0" message="2451" wParam="0" lParam="0" sParam="" />
        <Action type="1" message="2170" wParam="0" lParam="0" sParam='&quot;' />
        <Action type="1" message="2170" wParam="0" lParam="0" sParam=" " />
        <Action type="1" message="2170" wParam="0" lParam="0" sParam="&amp;" />
        <Action type="1" message="2170" wParam="0" lParam="0" sParam=" " />
        <Action type="1" message="2170" wParam="0" lParam="0" sParam="v" />
        <Action type="1" message="2170" wParam="0" lParam="0" sParam="b" />
        <Action type="1" message="2170" wParam="0" lParam="0" sParam="c" />
        <Action type="1" message="2170" wParam="0" lParam="0" sParam="r" />
        <Action type="1" message="2170" wParam="0" lParam="0" sParam="l" />
        <Action type="1" message="2170" wParam="0" lParam="0" sParam="f" />
        <Action type="1" message="2170" wParam="0" lParam="0" sParam=" " />
        <Action type="1" message="2170" wParam="0" lParam="0" sParam="&amp;" />
        <Action type="1" message="2170" wParam="0" lParam="0" sParam=" " />
        <Action type="1" message="2170" wParam="0" lParam="0" sParam="_" />
        <Action type="0" message="2300" wParam="0" lParam="0" sParam="" />
    </Macro>

It is when I try to use this macro that a little box appears, apparently questioning my action, that stops the repeated execution of the macro. Notepad++ thinks it knows what I want better than I do! How do I turn this off and allow the macro to repeat until the end of file?

]]>https://community.notepad-plus-plus.org/post/16536https://community.notepad-plus-plus.org/post/16536Thu, 23 Jun 2016 18:32:39 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Who "broke" my macro?? on Thu, 16 Jun 2016 22:17:58 GMT]]>@Jalapeno-Bob

don’t know who broke it but did you check shortcuts.xml?
It has a macro section which should have the steps of your macro.

If you can’t figure out how to revert the changes, post the macro.

Cheers
Claudia

]]>https://community.notepad-plus-plus.org/post/16418https://community.notepad-plus-plus.org/post/16418Thu, 16 Jun 2016 22:17:58 GMT