About This Book

Purpose

This book is a roadmap to expert use of macro language. It reveals the secrets, explains the tricks, and covers the programming techniques. While syntax is occasionally necessary, the focus is on exploring, testing, and experimenting. Push the software to its limits to discover what works, what fails, and what the possibilities are.

This book dives deep into advanced concepts. Nobody is going to sit down and read it cover to cover. Approach the subject from a different angle. Plan on reading until you discover an astounding idea or technique. Would you like to:

•    Create an output file, similar to the .log and .lst files, that automatically reflects the name of the program?

•    Halt a program as soon as the first error ...

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