NOPROCESS is useful if you want to process statements before the display data or line commands are processed. It enables you to perform initial verification of parameters or capture lines before they are changed from the panel.

It is also useful if you want to include an ISREDIT PROCESS command to specify whether the macro expects, and handles, line commands that identify either a range of lines, a destination line, or both. This linking is the method by which the editor allows a macro command to interact with line commands in the same way that the built-in MOVE and REPLACE commands do. With the ISREDIT PROCESS command, the editor can process line commands that you have entered, performing significant error and consistency checking.