>Hey all.
>
>Maybe this is rhetorical.
>
>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!")
>
>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.

=MESSAGEBOX("Completely agree with you, John", 0 + 48, "#DEFINE sucks!")
:)