DrDan
5th April 2007 10:20 UTC

!insertmacro inside !macro
Hi,

I have been trying to insert three macros inside another macro definition like this:

!macro Macro1 Arg1 Arg2
;Do stuff with Arg1 and Arg2
!macroend

!macro Macro2 Arg1 Arg2
;Do stuff with Arg1 and Arg2
!macroend

!macro Macro3 Arg1 Arg2
;Do stuff with Arg1 and Arg2
!macroend

!macro Macro4 Arg1 Arg2
!insertmacro Macro1 ${Arg1} ${Arg2}
!insertmacro Macro2 ${Arg1} ${Arg2
!insertmacro Macro3 ${Arg1} ${Arg2}
!macroend

Macro1, Macro2, Macro3 and Macro4 all take two arguments only.

Unfortunately, the compiler complains with the error

!insertmacro: macro "Macro1" requires 2 parameter(s), passed 4!

the first time I "!insertmacro Macro4" :( I can't quite see why this doesn't work.

My questions are:

1) Is it possible to nest macros in this way, and if so what am I doing wrong?
2) If it is not possible, what is the best alternative way to achieve the same effect.

Thanks in advance.

Red Wine
5th April 2007 10:23 UTC

You forgot the quotes :)

DrDan
5th April 2007 10:40 UTC

Doh!! Thanks! I knew it was something obvious. Here is what I needed to do:

!macro Macro4 Arg1 Arg2
!insertmacro Macro1 "${Arg1}" "${Arg2}"
!insertmacro Macro2 "${Arg1}" "${Arg2}"
!insertmacro Macro3 "${Arg1}" "${Arg2}"
!macroend