ARC MACRO LANGUAGE

The 'ARC Macro Language' ('AML') is a proprietary high-level algorithmic language for generating applications in ArcInfo. It was designed by ESRI in the early 1980s specifically for their command line-driven ARC/INFO geographical information system. The macro language features include the ability to create onscreen menus, use and assign variables, control statement execution, and get and use map or page unit coordinates.
Although the language is still supported by ESRI in modern ArcInfo Workstation environments, the language has been superseded by the ''geoprocessing framework'', which is part of the ArcGIS suite and allows programming access using ArcObjects through VBA or Python.

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References

★ ESRI, 1995. ''ARC Macro Language'', ESRI Press, 828 p. ISBN 978-1879102187

External links

★ User submitted AML scripts at ESRI ArcScripts