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Use of macro substitution vs. string valued variables
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From
22/07/1999 23:29:28
David Fluker
NGIT - Centers For Disease Control
Decatur, Georgia, United States
 
 
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22/07/1999 16:17:20
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Forum:
Visual FoxPro
Category:
Coding, syntax & commands
Miscellaneous
Thread ID:
00244254
Message ID:
00245156
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16
>>>Seems like an ill-designed feature to me.
>
>>Actually no, it's cute, and powerful, once you get used to it.
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>Yeah...I know..we're macho programmers...we love this kind of stuff
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>Ever patch a running monitor?
>
>Write self-modifying code? (actually, that's pretty much what VFP macro substituion is since the macros are interpreted at run time)
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>Don't you feel just a little cheated not having a bonafide "GOTO" statement in VFP (I'm not talking about table navigation...I'm talking about program execution control) ... what could be cuter? or more powerful?
>
>;-)

Here's a minor gotcha... Most of the Windows world uses an & in a menu or button text to indicate the underscored "hot" character. Not in VFP. Bet you can guess why. BUT LET IT BE KNOWN I will *gladly* trade &File for \ .Signature { margin-top: 12px; color: #666666; } .Signature a { color: #666666; }
David.
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