Macro Support Group at the 12d Tech Forum in July

[Lisa Stewart]

If you've ever wanted to learn how to write macros in 12d Model, there's never been a better opportunity than attending our Macro Support Group session in the all-new Training and Special Interest Room at the 12d Tech Forum 2026 (26-28 July in Brisbane)!
Register: 12dtechforum.com

This special breakout room session will offer advice on macros across a variety of skill levels:

Beginners/Introduction
- Introduction and history of language including past IDEs
- Reasons to write macros - where they fit into the hierarchy of 12d Model (Options, Chains Macros, hard code)
- Outline of the 12d Model Macros Training SPOT Course and VS Code environment
- Compiling macros
- Where to find help - including prototype generation.

Intermediate
- Simple panel scaffold example including most common crashes
- Create_run_button() and Set_finish_button()
- Shutdown of macros
- Wait on events as opposed to wait on widgets
- Most common call for crashes from macro code
- Widget Pages.

Advanced
- Containers, Maps, and more
- Documentation of containers
- 10,000 test cases - compiler and execution.