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Screen1 appears, then the graphic display Screen2 appears, then the
tag Valve23 is set to its open state.

Note that you don’t need to put braces around tag names when using
placeholders in commands.

Using parameters

Macros can accept parameters. To specify a parameter in a macro, type
a percent (%) sign followed by a number. Up to nine parameters are
allowed.

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To run the macro and parameters, specify the macro name followed
by the parameters. Separate multiple parameters with spaces.

For example, here is the same Factory macro with two parameters:

Example: Factory macro with two parameters

Display Overview

Display %1

valve23 = %2

To run the macro, type

Factory Detail Open

The macro performs the same actions as in the original Factory
example because it substitutes “detail” wherever %1 appears in the
macro and substitutes “open” wherever %2 appears in the macro.

Nesting macros

You can insert a macro within another macro—this is called nesting.
You can have eight nesting levels in macros.