Macro Command Help ECHO

 

Macro Command Name	Menu Path	Link to Command Table
ECHO	Access via macro or menu only	Click here

Introduction

Display a macro message in the Command control bar.

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Notes

Macro messages provide the ability to:

• display a line(s) of text

• display the value of a substitution variable

• monitor the progress of a macro by displaying a simple message from key locations in the macro.

Only one line of text can be displayed with each!ECHOcommand line; multipleECHOcommands are required in sequence to lay out multiple lines of message, with the possibly of including blank lines (please see example below). ThePROMPTcommand can also be used to display multiple lines of message.

 

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Example

The example below displays a message containing both fixed text and a substitution variable.

!ECHO

!ECHO Sample File

!ECHO -----------

!ECHO

!ECHO Filename: $Var1#

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