Calling Macro in a batch or online program enables you
to insert the lines of a Macro and to specify values to use for resolving
its parameters (if any). A Macro enables you to use standardized sequences
of specific code several times in the same program or in different
programs. To call a Macro, you must select it in the -CP
Lines tab and assign values to its parameters, if this
Macro is parameterized.
- Open the-CP Lines tab of a Program
or a Screen. To do so, select a Program or Screen in the Design
explorer view of the Design perspective
and double-click on it or select Open in the
popup menu. Then access its -CP Lines tab from
the Overview tab or directly by clicking the -CP
Lines tab.
- Click the Add Macro... button. A
selection box opens up with the list of the Macros already present
in the location. If the Macro you want to call:
- Is displayed in this selection box, just click on its
corresponding checkbox and click OK.
- Is not displayed, just click on the New Macro button
in the selection box. In the creation wizard which opens up, enter
the name and label of
a new Macro and click OK. The new Macro is
then displayed in the selection box. If you select it and click OK,
it will be called in the -CP Lines.
- If the Macro is parameterized, you must assign values to
its parameters. To assign a value:
- Select a Macro call in the left area of the tab.
- In the Parameters table of the Macro
call section, select the line of the appropriate parameter.
Double-click in the Value column and enter
the parameter's value.
- Select another line in the table to display the new
parameter's value on the Macro call line.
- Repeat the operation for all the parameters used in
the Macro.