Article: Q37628
Product(s): See article
Version(s): 1.00 | 1.00
Operating System(s): MS-DOS | MS-DOS
Keyword(s): ENDUSER | | mspl13_basic
Last Modified: 14-NOV-1988
The following Microsoft Editor macro allows you to toggle the EGA
display between 25-row mode and 43-row mode by pressing ALT+E:
;Macro to toggle 25/43 line EGA modes
to23:=arg "height:23" assign
to41:=arg "height:41" assign
toggle23:=to23 arg "toggle41:alt+e" assign
toggle41:=to41 arg "toggle23:alt+e" assign
toggle41:alt+e
The example below is a variation of the above macro. It allows you to
toggle the VGA display between 25-row mode, 43-row mode, and 50-row
mode by pressing ALT+E. Instead of switching back and forth between
two modes, it cycles through all three.
The macro is as follows:
;Macro to toggle 25/43/50 line VGA modes
to23:=arg "height:23" assign
to41:=arg "height:41" assign
to48:=arg "height:48" assign
toggle23:=to23 arg "toggle41:alt+e" assign
toggle41:=to41 arg "toggle48:alt+e" assign
toggle48:=to48 arg "toggle23:alt+e" assign
toggle41:alt+e
These macros should be placed in your TOOLS.INI file as described
in Chapters 6 and 7 of the "Microsoft Editor User's Guide."
Note: the "toggle" functions in these macros not only set the video
mode, they also change the assignment of function ALT+E. This makes
these macros similar to self-modifying code. For example, "toggle23"
not only sets the video mode to 23-rows (with a call to "to23"), it
also assigns ALT+E to "toggle41" by using the following sequence:
arg "toggle41:alt+e" assign
This technique is very useful in learning to write macros.