>>Hi,
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>>I ran into an issue with control name conflicting with the entry in the include (.h) file. For example, say I have in my .h file the following:
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>>#define SOMESTRING 25
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>>Then I have a control that is named SOMESTRING. Then, when I compile the program and the code that uses the control name is changing to 25. Obviously compiler gives error message. I will have to be careful in naming controls such that it does not conflict with include file. But meantime, is it possible to tell the compiler (in a certain place in the code) that such as such "string" should not be preprocessed?
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>You might use #UNDEFINE. But in general, I think it is better to avoid such situations in the first place - don't globally #DEFINE a constant if you will have this kind of exceptions.

Exactly - you have defeated the purpose of a constant.