- Using and Creating Text Macros
- Inserting a Text Macro into Your Source Code
- Defining Text Macros
- Creating New Macros
- Calling a Macro from Within a Macro
- Modifications
Calling a Macro from Within a Macro
Because you can call a macro from within another macro, you can build some complex macro functionality to save a lot of typing. This part of the project shows you how to call one macro from another.
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If it isn't already open, launch the MarkupSource.macro file.
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Create a few email macros. You can type these in manually or copy them from the file named Project1.macro on the CD.
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JOE &joesmith@bizdev.com&
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TOM &tomjohnson@bizdev.com&
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DOT &dorothy@bizdev.com&
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Create another macro to call one of these macros.
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type MAILTOM &<a href="mailto: $TOM$">%$TOM$%</a>&
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the dollar sign delimiter signals a call to another macro, in this case the "TOM" macro you created in step 2. The "%" sign delimiter once again highlights the contents of the TOM macro.
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Save the macro file.
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Type MAILTOM and press the macro command keys in the HTML Source editor to automatically input the macro text.
Figure 1.9 Adding a bunch of email macros for different individuals.
Figure 1.10 Calling an existing macro from within another macro.
Figure 1.11 Output from the MAILTOM macro.