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Can't use constants with macro substitution?

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From

11/05/2002 23:38:24

Sergey Berezniker
New York, United States

To

11/05/2002 23:27:45

Joe Konecny
Rmt Ohio
Bowling Green, Ohio, United States

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Forum:

Visual FoxPro

Category:

Coding, syntax & commands

Title:

Re: Can't use constants with macro substitution?

Miscellaneous

Thread ID:

00655467

Message ID:

00655472

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24

This message has been marked as the solution to the initial question of the thread.

The compile time constants aren't recognized between quotation marks. You can use square brackets as string delimiters.

#define TXT_MACHINETYPE 'Lathe'
search_string = [machine.type=TXT_MACHINETYPE]
...

>This doesn't work in vfp7 unless I eliminate the constant. Any
>way around it?

--sb--

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