KBON Macro Command

Take prompted information from the keyboard.

Causes the response to prompted information to be read from the keyboard in place of the macro file. The !KBON command is used when it is necessary to enter data for a process via the keyboard from within a macro or menu.

The !KBON condition is retained in force until a !KBOFF command is executed, or the !PROMPT command is executed, which carries out an implicit !KBOFF. Note that the !MENU and !XRUN also carry out an implicit !KBOFF. This upon return from a macro the state (!KBON or !KBOFF) returned will be that established at the end of the called macro.

Examples

The following example shows how input to a process can be taken from the keyboard instead of from lines in the macro.

Defining and displaying a block model prototype using fixed parameters:

!START 1      
!PROTOM   &OUT(modp1),@ROTMOD=0.0
n
n
0
0
0
10
10
10
100
100
1
!DDLIST   &IN(modp1)
!END

The same processes, but using KBON/KBOFF to using keyboard input to define the block model prototype parameters:

!START 1
# Switch Keyboard ON:
!KBON
!PROTOM   &OUT(modp1),@ROTMOD=0.0
# ...
# Here you will be prompted for the various block model prototype parameters
# ...  
# Switch Keyboard OFF:
!KBOFF
!DDLIST   &IN(modp1)
!END

This could also be written as follows:

!START 1
# Switch Keyboard ON
# You will be prompted for the various block model prototype parameters.
# The parameters currently listed in the macro will be ignored.
!KBON
!PROTOM   &OUT(modp1),@ROTMOD=0.0
n
n
0
0
0
10
10
10
100
100
1
# Switch Keyboard OFF:
!KBOFF
!DDLIST   &IN(modp1)
!END