Book Contents		Master Index

M

MACEXPAND command

macro calls, expanding

macro facility

macro modules

macro variable names, same as SCL names

macro variables

and SCL

automatic

retrieving

returning values from

storing

storing values in

macros, and size of compiled code

main processing phase

MAIN sections

MAKELIST function

MAKENLIST function

MAP_COLORS command

maximum operator

MEMBER control level

MEMBER variable

menus

changing

displaying

PMENU function

pop-up, displaying

POPMENU function

message boxes, displaying

MESSAGEBOX function

messages, displaying

metaclasses

definition

function of

metadata

attribute

events and event handlers

method

method arguments, passing to SCL lists

method blocks

defining

definition

executing

METHOD function

method modules

METHOD routine

method signatures

METHOD statement

METHOD statement blocks, ending

methods

abstracting, example "Interfaces and Higher Levels of Abstraction: Level Three"

abstracting, example "Other Classes and Further Abstraction: Level Four"

binding to classes

binding, example

conditional execution

constructors

creating with a METHOD statement

current, identifier variable

defining

forward-referencing

implementing outside a CLASS definition

inherited definitions

invoking

labels "Methods"

labels "Methods"

metadata

name of current, returning

names "Methods"

names "Methods"

object parameters

overloading

overloading and parameter types

overloading, example

overriding

parameter, data types

parameters, storage types

referencing

scope

sending to FRAME entries

sending to objects

signatures

specifying optional parameters

specifying return type

state

using underscores in names

_METHOD_ system variable

minimum operator

MIRROR command

mirroring images

missing values

MLENGTH function

model classes

model/view process

MODIFIED function

MODVAR function

MOPEN function

_MSG_ system variable

multidimensional arrays

initializing

simulating with nested SCL lists

multiplication (*) operator