This message appears when you try to run a macro that uses the GSAVE subcommand to save a graph to a nonexistent path. Correct the path specified in the GSAVE subcommand, then save the macro again. The macro should run.
Reason 1: The macro is not in the Macros folder that is defined in Minitab.
%'C:\Macros\MyMacro'
Reason 2: The macro is not a text file with the .MAC file name extension.
If the macro is saved in the correct folder, and you get the same message when you try to run the macro, then do the following:
This message appears when you try to run a macro (either a Minitab macro or one that you wrote. Verify that the application that you used to write or modify the macro in is not open. For example, if you wrote or modified the macro in Microsoft Word, and Microsoft Word is still active, then close it.
This message appears when you try to use the WORKSHEET command in a local macro to make a certain worksheet active. As a work-around, you can use an Exec file to call up each worksheet and then the macro in turn. Suppose, for example, you want to run a local macro called MyLocal on two worksheets named "Week1" and "Week2". Here is an example of what the Exec file might look like:
Worksheet "Week1"
%MyLocal
Worksheet "Week2"
%MyLocal
These messages appears when you try to run a local or global macro that was written in Microsoft Word and the macro is not saved in Text only (*.txt) format. You can use one of the following options to save the macro written in Microsoft Word in Text only (*.txt) format:
Option 1
If you get a message that says the file "may contain features that are not compatible with Text Only format. Do you want to save the document in this format?", click Yes.
Option 2
These messages appear when you try to run a macro from the Minitab Macros Library and the macro prompts you for input while session commands are disabled. To enable session commands choose .
If the macro does not prompt you for input and you are getting this message, verify that the macro is being called using the correct commands and subcommands.