Macro Parameters

[Alan_37]

Hi
I have this feature request that should not be to complicated to implement
but will make Programming with flowcode much easier .

It has to do with Macro Parameters , now I try to explain .

A Macro that can do different Tasks, say if input parameter (Byte)
Is set to 0 will read the external device , if set to 1 it will write , if 2 will configure the device
and so on , now in a macro you can have more then one of these task selectors and it is very
likely that after a few days you forget what the values where doing exactly .
So one have to go through the macro again every time which is very time consuming .

Can we have an option for the parameters that if enabled , will
make it possible to assign a name to a specific value

Something like Html drop down menu . where you have the value and the name to be displayed .

Below is an Example from Labview .

Thanks in Advance

Alan

[Steve]

Hi Alan,

One way to implement this now is to use global constants. The attached image and program should help.

[Alan_37]

hi Steve

yes that is a great idea , although now i realize
that using a variable for every value will increase the
ram usage of the micro controller .

do you think there is a solution to that ?

thanks for your support

[kersing]

Constants do not use additional controller resources (ram/flash)

[Alan_37]

Hi kersing

Did't know that, so that is a very good work around .

Will implement that for sure .

Thanks

[petesmart]

You can also add constants inside of macros as well...