>Hey all.
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>Maybe this is rhetorical.
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>But why do almost all VFP code examples insist on using a #DEFINE variable for MESSAGEBOXs? For example,
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>=MESSAGEBOX("You screwed up!",MB_ICONSTOP,"Error!")
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>Seems to me this is counterproductive. Why not just use the doggone number 16? Otherwise, you have to remember to do the #DEFINE or attach the .H file.

You still have to remember what 16 means...or look it up. I prefer the #DEFINE. This is all personal preference.