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Creating multiline scripts

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Creating multiline scripts

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- [Instructor] You'll find that most scripts that you create will end up having multiple lines of steps, because it's much more useful to store a series of actions in a script than just one step. Now it still does make sense to create some scripts that just have a single line script. Although, for example you'll attach those to like script triggers and stuff like that, but I'm going to show you kind of a technique on how I approach creating multi-lined scripts. Now first of all, like anything else it involves starting with some planning first. So what I like to do, is figure out what it is that I want to actually do. Now in this application, you see I've got this print letter button in the upper right hand corner. And so, what do I want to have happen when users click on that? Well, often I'll find myself taking some notes. So what I like to do is write out all the steps ahead of time, kind of like I'm planning my script.…

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