I have most of my clients in VFP 9 SP2, however a couple are in VFP 8. Accordingly, if I start working on one of the VFP 8 apps, I have to do a recompile all at the outset to avoid problems (such as "Property ANCHOR not found"). But I get a strange error that is difficult to overcome and I'm wondering if others have seen it.

I have an INCLUDE file that contains the following lines:

#DEFINE TB_PROPERTIES_LOC    "Properties" 
#DEFINE TB_DOCVIEW_LOC       "Document View" 

This is from STRINGS.H as supplied by MS. When I recompile in VFP 8 after compiling in VFP 9 (in other words, I do a "recompile all" on some other app in VFP 9), I get an error during compilation that says "GetString not found". It claims it's in a particular VCX, but I can't find it. Then when I start the app it says TB_PROPERTIES_LOC and TB_DOCVIEW_LOC are undefined. I've seen this before and I can get past it, however it's a pain and I'm not sure what action really gets me past it. What I do is go into STRINGS.H and change it. I also do a COMPILE CLASSLIB on the VCX that it claims GetString is in. And I do a recompile all on the app. Sometimes I have to open the offending VCX and make a change and close it and then recompile it, then recompile the app. With enough of this activity I can get past the error, but I haven't been able to determine an exact sequence of events that fixes the problem. It seems that when I think I've discovered it, the next time it happens that sequence does not work and I have to keep futzing around with it. Has anyone seen this and what has worked for you to get it resolved?