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Re: UltraMacros Loop Limitation
Robert Boucher wrote:
> In article <1155790697.725147.15580@h48g2000cwc.googlegroups.com>,
> "msean" <msean1941@gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> Hi, I have some UltraMacro routines that call themselves such as:
>>
>> A:<all : $0 = screen 18,22,5 : if $0 = "Value" then $1 = $0 down sa-B
>> else up sa-A>!
>>
>> This one and the others run in the spreadsheet but will only repeat 16
>> times. Is there a built in limitation to repeating macros? If I hold
>> the SA key and A down it runs fine with no stops, but if I let up on
>> the keys, then it loops 16 times and stops. I'm using a GS ROM 3 with
>> AppleWorks 5 and the TimeOuts that came installed on it.
>> Thanks, Mike
>
> My UltraMacros manual (page 30) states a macro which calls itself will
> execute 18 times and then stop.
Not to pick nits, but this appears to be a limit on recursion depth
rather than looping. Are there actual loop constructs (the branching
type) in UltraMacros?
Steve