Use an enum

But you shouldn't hardcode a path.

>I want to put define table references in a .h file and be able to reference them in my program, but it does not seem to work.
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>example
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>#DEFINE _TABLENAME_S \\SERVERNAME\VOLUME\FOLDER\maintable.dbf alias maintable shared
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>when I try to
>use _TABLENAME_S in the program it will not recognize the variable _TABLENAME_S
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>the program does have the #include hfilename.h in it.
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>any ideas?