>>>>>>>>What is the simplest explanation as to why these are needed? Why not just set regular variable values? So what if they are constant and don't change?
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>>>>>>>Security of the source code so that reverse engineering of an application won't give back that code.
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>>>>>>Good additional point.
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>>>>>Give back what code?
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>>>>>It would show "10" instead of "My_Constant" in the source. Is that a big security issue? Enough to not put it in a variable? It can only be done for constants, so constants are the only things that would be protected. Is that a valid security reason to use DEFINE?
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>>>>You got it wrong. When your source code is Re-foxed, the constants will remain as is (I'm guessing), e.g. you would not get your code as it was written originally with #DEFINE.
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>>>>That was Denis point, as I understood it.
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>>>What part did I get wrong? That only the constants are protected?
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>>Oh, it's getting in slowly ...
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>I didn't get that. Are you trying to be clever? How is all the source protected if I use one DEFINE?
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Jay,

What I'm getting is the impression that you don't even read what others post.
You immediately respond that you do not agree