I have been receiving the following set of errors when I build builders.vcx.

Compiling c:\devtools70\builders.vcx
#DEFINE TAB    CHR(9)
Error in line 538 of build_options.arraytocontrol (record 2): Constant is already created with #DEFINE.
#DEFINE TAB    CHR(9)
Error in line 538 of basebuild.scancontrols (record 4): Constant is already created with #DEFINE.
#DEFINE TAB    CHR(9)
Error in line 538 of basebuild.fillaproparray (record 4): Constant is already created with #DEFINE.
#DEFINE TAB    CHR(9)
Error in line 538 of basebuild.defaultstr (record 4): Constant is already created with #DEFINE.
#DEFINE TAB    CHR(9)
Error in line 538 of basebuild.Init (record 4): Constant is already created with #DEFINE.
#DEFINE TAB    CHR(9)
Error in line 538 of build_multi.colslines (record 6): Constant is already created with #DEFINE.
#DEFINE TAB    CHR(9)
Error in line 538 of build_multi.arraytocontrol (record 6): Constant is already created with #DEFINE.
#DEFINE TAB    CHR(9)
Error in line 538 of build_grid.methodempty (record 8): Constant is already created with #DEFINE.

Of course I do not have the same error on the same line in each set of methods.

We program for many languages and make extensive use of INCLUDE files. When coding I #DEFINE locally until I am happy that all messages are suitable then the #DEFINE statements are moved to the appropriate *.H string files. I seems that a ghost of one of these #DEFINE statement is floating in my class library.

I have packed the builders.vcx file. I have searched in vain for the offending statement in the vcx file method fields using the class designer and the vcx file fields directly.

Record #4 is the only one that has 538 lines or more. It's line 538 is a comment line in a method header :

*  returns      : number of builder classes found

The conplete header is :

* * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * *
*  method       : Basebuild : Loadbuilders
*  description  : looks up classes from builders.vcx and
*               : newobject's them into array aBuilders
*  returns      : number of builder classes found
*  notes        : 
*  future       : 
*  revisions    : 
*  written by   : Don Simpson  02/10/03
* * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * *
#INCLUDE BUILDERS.H
local nNoClass,nClass

Which you may notice is not in any of the four methods noted in the error message.

Please help.