>>Those are logical ORs; you can do the same thing with numerical values in VFP with addition, assuming that the bits involved do not have overlapping power of two values. For your examples,
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>>#DEFINE PTR_S_JOURNAL 1
>>#DEFINE PTR_S_RECEIPT 2
>>#DEFINE PTR_S_SLIP 4
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>>#DEFINE PTR_S_JOURNAL_RECEIPT PTR_S_JOURNAL + PTR_S_RECEIPT && 3
>>#DEFINE PTR_S_JOURNAL_SLIP PTR_S_JOURNAL + PTR_S_SLIP && 5
>>#DEFINE PTR_S_RECEIPT_SLIP PTR_S_RECEIPT + PTR_S_SLIP && 6
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>There is also the bitor() function:
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>#DEFINE PTR_S_JOURNAL_RECEIPT bitor(PTR_S_JOURNAL, PTR_S_RECEIPT) && 3
>#DEFINE PTR_S_JOURNAL_SLIP    bitor(PTR_S_JOURNAL, PTR_S_SLIP)    && 5
>#DEFINE PTR_S_RECEIPT_SLIP    bitor(PTR_S_RECEIPT, PTR_S_SLIP)    && 6
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Much Thanks!