The BUILTIN macro command is used within an edit macro to process a built-in edit command, even if a macro or macro statement with the same name has been defined.

Description

If you create a macro named MACEND and enter a DEFINE END ALIAS MACEND command, your MACEND macro runs when you enter END. Within the MACEND macro you can perform logic and use a built-in END command to actually end the edit session.

Note that if END is issued in your MACEND macro without being preceded by BUILTIN, the MACEND macro would run again, resulting in an infinite loop.

Return codes

n

Return code from the built-in command

20

Severe error