IMACRO—Set or Query an Initial Macro

The IMACRO macro command saves the name of an initial macro in the current edit profile.

The IMACRO assignment statement sets or retrieves the value for the initial macro in the current profile, and places it in a variable.

See Initial macros for more information on creating and using initial macros.

Syntax


Macro command syntax

>>-ISREDIT--IMACRO--+-name-+-----------------------------------><
                    '-NONE-'

name: Identifies the initial macro to be run when editing the data set type that matches this profile. This macro is run before any data is displayed.
NONE: Shows that no macro is to be run at the beginning of each edit session. The editor returns a value of NONE when no initial macro has been specified.


Assignment statement syntax

>>-ISREDIT--(varname)-- = --IMACRO-----------------------------><


>>-ISREDIT--IMACRO-- = --name----------------------------------><

To set the initial macro name to ISCRIPT:

ISREDIT IMACRO ISCRIPT

To set no initial macro:

ISREDIT IMACRO NONE

To store the name of the initial macro in the variable &IMACNAM:

ISREDIT (IMACNAM) = IMACRO