>Hi Jay,
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>IMHO, defines will offer you a much better handling, in case that more than one developer has to handle code in a bigger project. A 'constant' that you specify in your load or init-event can always be changed by someone who isn't so much involved in your kind of coding. A DEFINE will always be unchangeable during runtime so the newbie to your project won't be able to mess with your 'constant', which might lead to some rather unexpected errors.

Ok, that's a good point; it can't be changed unless you actually reDEFINE it.