'MACRO.DAT '========= INPUT, see03.sc1 OUTPUT, test.sc1 DIR 'Here are 2 possible uses for macros: 'I) when a group of enhancements are stable and will no 'longer be actively developed (at least for the time being) 'we can set them up as a macro so they will be included but 'we don't have them cluttering up the current command list: 'say, we have written a macro file called RADIO.MAC which contains 'all the ATIS and COM and VOR and NDB information. 'We can execute it all just by saying: MACRO, RADIO '(This is also handy for lists of navaids that will be used 'on multiple (neighboring) scenery files). 'We can also use a DAT file as a macro in the same way (in 'fact - we can even use the EZC.DAT file if we want!): MACRO, EZC.DAT 'II) if we have a collection of library elements in a particular 'pattern (like spirals of balloons or lines of towers or masts) 'and would like to treat them as a single element: 'we have designed a string of christmas trees using no absolute 'coordinates: with MACRO we can place them anywhere at any angle '(for example; just south of the condos) NORTH, 18389 EAST, 18411 'at a 135 degree heading HEADING, 135 MACRO, XMAS MACRO, LIBRARY.DAT SAVE END Discussion: =========== Macros must end in END. Commands pertaining to directory and file set-up and the SAVE and MACRO command *within a macro* will be ignored