Hello All!

I used to define a few conditional compilation constants in Tools menu,
Advanced tab, Conditional Compilation Arguments box. For example:

    LICENSE = 2  :  PUBLISH = -1

After making an MDE-file from this MDB-project, these settings have gone!
All modules throughout the project was compiled as if

    LICENSE = 0 :  PUBLISH = 0

This is rather awkward and unlogical behavior in comparing to standardized
languages like C or Lisp. Is there some workaround or is that an unavoidable
"MSA feature"?
--
Sincerely,
                  Dmitri Ivanov
                  www.aha.ru/~divanov

I don't have Access 97 to test this on, but I can't repro this in Access
2000.  Have you tried a test with #Const instead in A8 to see if that works?

 -- Dev

:Hello All!
:
:I used to define a few conditional compilation constants in Tools menu,
:Advanced tab, Conditional Compilation Arguments box. For example:
:
:    LICENSE = 2  :  PUBLISH = -1
:
:After making an MDE-file from this MDB-project, these settings have gone!
:All modules throughout the project was compiled as if
:
:    LICENSE = 0 :  PUBLISH = 0
:
:This is rather awkward and unlogical behavior in comparing to standardized
:languages like C or Lisp. Is there some workaround or is that an
unavoidable
:"MSA feature"?
:--
:Sincerely,
:                  Dmitri Ivanov
:                  www.aha.ru/~divanov
:
:
:
:

works?

#Const introduces a local preprocessor constant visible in the current
module only. It certainley works in A8.

But typing ubiquitous #Const declarations with the same name and value of
global use is not perfect idea :-(.
--
Sincerely,
                  Dmitri Ivanov
                  www.aha.ru/~divanov