Create New Document - Macro Tab

Select the Macro tab of the Create New Document dialog box to access options to create a new macro file (*.svb). For more details on macros and how they are used in Statistica, see the Macro Overview.

Name

Type a name for the new macro in the Name box. Macro names can contain alphanumeric characters as well as various other characters ( ?, #, $, ...). You must enter some name in this box before Statistica will create the macro.

Macro Type

Click the Macro Type button to display the Macro Type dialog box.

Description

Type a detailed description of the macro's purpose, behavior, and any other pertinent information in the Description box. For example, you may want to describe what its uses are and who created it. Note that entering text in this box is optional.

Scripting language

Select the scripting (programming) language you want to use for the new macro from the Scripting language list. The following are the supported scripting languages:

Enhanced Statistica Visual Basic

This is a superset of Statistica Visual Basic, the Visual Basic for Applications (VBA, TM) compatible scripting language. It includes additional features that are not VBA compatible. The new features are:

• Data Types: Decimal, SByte, UHuge_, UInteger, and ULong

• Conversion Functions: CSByte, CUHuge_, CUInt, and CULng

• Operators: AndAlso, IsNot, OrElse

• Return Instruction: Example: Return x from a function as an alternative to FuncName = x.

Statistica Visual Basic

The Statistica library of classes and functions fully integrated with the Visual Basic language.

Statistica Visual Basic.NET

This is a new scripting language that features Visual Basic.NET (TM) compatibility. Using this language requires that you have the Microsoft .NET Framework 2.0 installed on your system. This language features direct, native access to .NET Assemblies, i.e. not through COM Interop as would be required from standard SVB. When you add references to external assemblies or libraries to a script via the Tools - References menu, you can select .NET Assemblies or COM type libraries. Complete documentation of this new language is available in the Help (press F1 from a macro document window).

R (requires R Statistical Environment)

R is a language and environment for statistical computing and graphics (available for download at no cost). Using this language requires that you have R installed on either the same computer running Statistica or a computer accessible from the Statistica server. If you do not have R installed, please visit the Comprehensive R Archive Network (CRAN) website.

For more information, select R Integration with Statistica from the Help menu or tab.

Force variables to be defined (Option Explicit)

Select this check box to force all variables to be explicitly declared prior to using them. By default if a variable is referenced without being declared, then Visual Basic will implicitly create the variable of type variant. Select the Force variables to be defined (Option Explicit) check box to disable this feature. See Declaring a Variable for further details about variable declarations.  

Array indices start at one (Option Base 1)

Select this check box to force all of your arrays to begin indexing at one, rather than zero. See also, Array Indexing.

Include Statistica BASIC Library

Select this check box to include the Statistica Basic analysis, graph, and matrix libraries into the macro.