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Converting the Macro from Text back to Binary:
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11. Press Dos to send a another command to MS- DOS.
This time, type:
QMAC FIND.MAC FIND.TXT /A- /B
to convert FIND.TXT back to its BINARY form, FIND.MAC. (NOTE
that we use /B to tell QMac to make the binary file from the
text file we just edited). Press Return.
QMac Additional Notes:
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QMac will create whichever of the two files (binary or text)
that did not exist already: If the text macros already exist,
it will convert them to binary. Or if the binary macros already
exist, it will convert them to text.
However, if both files exist, you must supply one of the
optional switches to determine the direction. The switch /B
tells QMac to create a Binary file, while /T tells it to create
a text file.
If the output file already exists, you must also supply a /A+ or
/A- switch to tell QMac whether to "append" to the existing
file. With /A+ it will append, /A- tells QMac to overwrite the
existing file.
Anywhere an asterisk ("*") appears on a line, outside of a
quoted string, the rest of the line is treated as a "comment"
and is ignored by QMac. You can use this to include notes to
yourself about how your macros work, or what they are supposed
to do. Comments are not included in the binary macro file that
TSE Jr. loads, so there is no penalty for including them in your
text macro files.
A macro can continue onto more than one line, simply indent the
second and subsequent lines of the macro one or more spaces.
The macro continues until QMac runs out of text or encounters
another key at the beginning of a subsequent line.
Lines in your text macro files can be up to 512 characters long.
Matthew Giles (SemWare Technical Support)
George J. De Bruin
SemWare Technical Support
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