Module 8(Cursor)

PART II: Module Summary

·        Have a lot better understanding of the Cursor group

·        Now to actually put it to work in the assignment

·        The Cursor tool could be very useful in the right hands, I have a small understanding so it might be dangerous in my hands

·        Type very carefully, as one little upper/lower case out of place and you could be searching for a long time

·        Have a long way to go to even scratch the surface of what can be accomplished with scripting

·        This is not something that you can do occasionally and become proficient

·        I didn’t have the time needed this semester to really delve into the class as needed, real life got in the way

·        Now I can take all the modules and have a great reference to help me to some scripting in the future

·        There have been some great references provided by classmates

·        Quite the difference from just adding a line to table compared to adding data to match a line

Module 7

PART III: Module Summary

I’m think I am finally starting to get a little bit of a grip on a lot of the steps required to get a script to work

The interactive GoToMeeting was a huge help in getting an explanation on some items that were not completely clear.

Now I have a quick way to make my folder structure for new projects easily.  This beats making the folders each time and taking a chance of misspelling them.

Each module adds new items to use in the script.  I’m still a long ways from completely understanding them, but with the Usage tool, I can now open quickly to see what parameters are required and what ones are optional. 

Checking to see what files Exist can speed up the process so you don’t accidentally overwrite it.

Using the ‘print’ statement will help show where you are in the script so you know the status as it is executed

Finally understand loops so that I can use fewer lines to perform repetitive steps

I think if I had about ten more interactive meeting like we had the other day, I might be able to actually walk through some scripting on my own

I still have a long ways to go before I can write scripts without a struggle

Even with help and the script doesn’t work, does not necessarily mean that the script is bad, it could be an error with the computer system