#INCLUDE directive in Menu Designer. 1

[CajunCenturion]

In one project, there is a mainmenu.mnx which on several submenus, contains in the Skip For prompt option, a function all to a permission routine.

Skip For = "HavePermission(PERMISSION_CODE)"

The various PERMISSION_CODE values are defined in an include file and at run time, I'm getting a "variable does not exist" error when referencing these symbolic constants. The include file is part of the project, included in the main.prg, and in several forms, but how does connect the include file to a menu?

Thanks.

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[Mike Lewis]

How are you specifying the Include file? If you are using _INCLUDE (or the corresponding setting in Tools / Options / File Locations), then it won't work for menus. This is from the Help for _INCLUDE:

Specifies a default header file of predefined compile-time constants automatically included with user-defined classes, forms, or form sets

The file applies to classes, forms and form sets, but not program files (which includes the MPR files generated by the menu designer).

To establish an Include file for a program file, you have to use the #INSERT directive. You don't want to put that in the MPR file manually, but you might be able to put it in the Menu Setup code (Menu designer -> View -> General Options).

Give it a try.

Mike

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[Dan Freeman]

Mike meant to say #INCLUDE, not #INSERT, I'm sure.

 

[Mike Lewis]

Dan,

Mike meant to say #INCLUDE, not #INSERT, I'm sure.

Just checking you're all awake.

Mike


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[CajunCenturion]

Thanks for the help.

As it turns out, this project was originally built in VFP 7.0 and apparently, the menus were not rebuilt when the project was converted to VFP 8.0. Once the project was completely rebuilt and then recompiled, everything seemed fine.

It seems that the connection between a menu and an include file is via the form which hosts the menu. From the IDE menu, select Forms->Include File and specific the include file, then rebuild and recompile the project.

Does this sound reasonable?

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[Mike Lewis]

Glad you've got it working.

It seems that the connection between a menu and an include file is via the form which hosts the menu. ...

Does this sound reasonable?

Yes, provided the menu is "hosted" by a form. In my apps, the menus are more often launched from the main program, and are independent of any particular form (with the exception of shortcut menus).

Mike

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[TamarGranor]

No, it doesn't make sense that the menu could pick up the Include file from the form. #DEFINEs are a compile-time construct, and the menu wouldn't know about the form until runtime.

Tamar

 

[CajunCenturion]

==> No, it doesn't make sense that the menu could pick up the Include file from the form. #DEFINEs are a compile-time construct, and the menu wouldn't know about the form until runtime.

Then how can you reference #DEFINEs from inside a menu?

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[Dan Freeman]

Then how can you reference #DEFINEs from inside a menu?

You put your #INCLUDE in the setup code of the menu itself, as explained above.

 

[CajunCenturion]

Thank you.

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