What is a good way to do "if error then … else …"

[MitchellModel]

@DanThomas

If you don't care which action failed, you can do it like this:

Sub-Macro:set SubMacroResult to "Error"Do action.if failed, cancel only this macroDo the next action.If failed, cancel only this macro...At the end, assuming successful, set SubMarcoResult to OK.

All the calling code as to do is:Execute sub-macro.Test SubMacroResult.

If you do care about which action failed, just change the above so that for each action that fails, set the SubMacroResult to whatever will tell you which action failed, before exiting the sub-macro.

And, if you want to do it without using any variables in the sub-macro, then pass the name of the result variable to TriggerValue, and use Set Variable to Text specifying %TriggerValue% as the name of the variable.

I think Group Action Timeouts might occasionally be useful in conjunction with this formulation.