Macro Needs To Recognize If It Was Called By Anoth

[Machtyn]

Here's my situation: I have two macros. Macro "A" performs certain functions and can be run by itself, if necessary. Macro "B" will call Macro "A" at a certain point. I want Macro "A" to perform certain lines but ignore certain other lines if it was called by Macro "B". Is this possible with a simple command (similar to If Macro Enabled/Disabled).

 

I've thought to assign a variable in Macro "B" and have Macro "A" check it, but I'd prefer to keep away from using too many vars.

 

What follows is a pseudocode example of what I'm talking about.

 

Run Macro B
Macro B: process stuff
Macro B: call Macro A

     Macro A:  process stuff
     Macro A:  If not called by Macro B
     Macro A:     do stuff
     Macro A:  end if
     Macro A:  do more stuff
     Macro A:  if called by Macro B
     Macro A:     return to Macro B
     Macro A:  display dialogue showing end of macro

Macro B:  process stuff
Macro B: display dialogue showing end of macro

Thanks,

Machtyn

[cyberchief]

Hi, Machtyn. Welcome to the group.

 

The only way I see this happening is... like you said.. set a variable in Macro B and set your If statements in Macro A (if varaible = macro b, then run commands). If you are concerned about using too many variables... just before you set the variable, do a variable save command. Set the variable, run macro A, and at the point it comes back to Macro B, do a variable restore. This way, you are not using up any variables.

[Machtyn]

Great! Thanks for the help. I did like I mentioned (set a var) and it works proper. I'm not using a whole lot of variables, so it's really only a concern of keeping variables straight in my head (that's what comments are for, though, right )

 

Macro B: set %T99% to "Macro B"

  Macro A: if %T99% = "Macro B"
  Macro A:     do stuff (such as return to Macro B)
  Macro A: do other stuff
  Macro A: if %T99% <> "Macro B"
  Macro A:     do stuff, like display end of macro dialogue

[lemming]

You might also consider the "Save to Environment Variable" capability under Variable Modify String.

 

To read an env var, you can use the "Set Value from Environment Variable" under Variable Set String.

 

-Lemming