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Changes to MacroAde
June 22, 1991, Release of Version 2.0:
1. Macrolst.exe, the macro-to-ASCII translator/decompiler:
* now accepts macro (.wpm) files of unlimited size as input;
formerly, the program choked on macros bigger than 15K or so.
* translates any literal braces ("{}") found in macros to
their character set representation ([:0,123] or [:0,125]) in
the ASCII file in order to permit them to be recompiled
successfully. This is the only lower ASCII character so treated.
* now recognizes several commands ignored in previous version:
{Key Macro },Shift F11 & F12, ALT F11 & F12, Ctrl F11 & F12,
{Compose}.
* COMMANDS.ref has been updated.
2. MCompile.exe, the ASCII-to-macro compiler:
* now accepts source files of unlimited size as input; as with
Macrolst, it formerly choked on macros bigger than 15K.
* case insensitive command syntax: macro and keystroke commands
may now be entered without regard to the upper or lower case
of the characters in the commands.
* handles either spaces or tabs as formatting characters (i.e., to
produce indents) at the beginning of lines in the source file.
* allows the use of literal braces in the source file, but only when
represented in character code form (i.e., "{" = [:0,123] &
"}" = [:0,125]), not directly as ASCII characters.
* now recognizes several commands ignored in previous version:
{Key Macro },Shift F11 & F12, ALT F11 & F12, Ctrl F11 & F12,
{Compose}
3. EditWP.wpm -- use WordPerfect as a macro editor:
* a macro that works in conjunction with a batch file
(EditWPM.bat), Macrolst, and MCompile to bring macros of
any size into WordPerfect for editing as WordPerfect
documents and, upon pressing EXIT (F7), recompiles the
document back into a macro ready for use.
* includes error checking during compilation and return to the
editing process (at user's option) if any syntax errors
occur during compilation.
* includes a utility macro, BOLDCMDS.wpm, that bolds all macro
and keystroke commands after conversion to a WordPerfect
document, matching the screen image of the internal macro
editor exactly.
4. BringBak.wpm, the system for importing external data into WordPerfect:
* the external .exe program that was used to bring data back into
WordPerfect, BringBak.exe, is replaced by two alternative
programs which give this process much more flexibility.
Both of these programs now allow the name of a file containing
the data to be imported to be specified on the command line,
preceded by an @ sign. This avoids having to manually
enter the data on the command line and allows external
processes to write their data to a file for importation.
** AutoBak.exe: issues an EXIT command upon termination
for automatic return to WordPerfect. This is not
needed, however, if only a single DOS command
(often a batch file name) is issued rather than
a full SHELL to DOS. Moreover, it may not be
desired if something else needs to be done externally
after the data is sent back. Thus, a second version...
** USendBak.exe: does NOT issue an EXIT command upon
termination. The user must issue an EXIT or place
one in the batch file to return to WordPerfect, thus
giving the user much more control over external
event processing. See example in EditWPM.bat.
* Two small macros excerpted from BringBak.wpm have been added
(SetNV.wpm and ParseNV.wpm) which allow the user to set up
an importation variable in another macro ({NEST}SetNV~),
SHELL to DOS and bring back up to the usual 120 bytes of
data, and parse out the data and put it in NewVar
({NEST}ParseNV~) for use within the macro. This technique
is exemplified by the EditWP.wpm macro.
* The message displayed on the status line informing the user
that the imported data is now in the NewVar variable
disappears after any key is pressed.
5. AltZ.wpm - "On beyond Z" in the use of ALT + letter keys to
invoke macros:
* Have you run out of keys for ALT-invoked macros? Here's a
simple macro solution that many others have undoubtedly
come up with but which is offered here to those who may
have missed anything like it up to now.
* ALTZ allows you to use ALT Z plus any of 54 other ASCII characters
to invoke a macro you've named ALTZ?, where ? = its
identifying ASCII character of your choice.
* Changing the Z in ALTZ.wpm and in all occurrences within the
ALTZ.wpm macro file itself to any other character will allow
you to have additional easy-to-invoke macros in case you
run out of keys to use with ALTZ.
June 14, 1991 Update:
1. The most obvious change in this first update is to the new name of
the product from MacroAid to MacroAde. This was done to eliminate
redundancy with the use of the former name for a product published by
Software by Seidman.
2. A bug was fixed that prevented both the Macrolst and MCompile programs
from properly handling the "{Macro Commands}" macro command. These
programs now translate and compile this command correctly.
3. An explicit note was added to the MCompile documentation which points
out the reserved status of the French braces characters ({}). These
characters may only be used to enclose macro or keystroke commands in
order for the compilation of a source file to proceed. They may not
be used as literals.