globals             
   globalCount dd 0               
   mousePos POINT 12,12
   Flags dd ?                  
   label gcb byte at Flags            ;label here is actually a macro to insert a label 
   ReferenceValues dd  1,2,4,8,16  
   align 8                             ;macro to insert an align statement
   @i Handle,ThreadID=-1           ;define several integers with dq if _longmode equ 1
                                         ;or dd if _longmode equ 0
   @text DefaultFontFace,32,"Times"    ;defines text with du if _unicode equ 1 
                                                    ;db if _unicode equ 0, Number is count, not bytes
   Prefs flags ReadOnly,CaseSensitive     ;Prefs becomes a dword field, Prefs.ReadOnly and 
                                                      ;Prefs.CaseSensitive are constant bit flags.
endg
    

macro _showline [sc]
{forward
  match any,sc \{
     irps sci, \any
      \\{ display \\`\\sci 
         display " " \\}
  \} 
 common
  display 13 
 }

macro @dbug [stuff]
{common 
  _showline stuff
  stuff }