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Re: include file? [message #20486]

Fri, 30 June 2000 00:00

Steve Hartmann
Messages: 21
Registered: March 2000

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This topic has been explained very well with lots of good ideas (I've saved
J.D. Smith's message for future reference). I ran into a different type of
problem when I wanted to change some default program parameters of a
run-time application, such as the number and size of some display windows,
default directory locations, etc. I wanted to give the user the .sav
program file as well as a 'defaults' file that the user could change as
desired. The problem is that a run-time application can not compile
anything, so I just put all the defaults in an ascii file and had the
application program open and parse the values. My defaults file is of the
form:

parameter1:value1
parameter2:value2

and I just search for the parameter string and then read in the value for
that parameter. If it's not found, I load some default value.

I think this is an easy way to change the parameters, and probably the best
way to do it for a run-time application, especially for values that you
might want to change frequently.

-Steve Hartmann

Stu wrote:

> Hi,
> I have several different routines that all set up the same or slightlly
> different constants etc at the beginning,
> is it possible to have all the constants in one file, and have all my
> functions/procedures reference this file
> when they start? It would make for easier maintainence this way. How
> would it be done? I can't see a
> normal function or procedure doing the job as you would have to ask for
> each constant explicitly, which is a
> bit of a pain.
>
> cheers,
> Stu

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		Re: include file? By: Steve Hartmann on Fri, 30 June 2000 00:00
		Re: include file? By: Martin Schultz on Fri, 30 June 2000 00:00
		Re: include file? By: promashkin on Thu, 29 June 2000 00:00
		Re: include file? By: John-David T. Smith on Thu, 29 June 2000 00:00
		Re: include file? By: R.G. Stockwell on Thu, 29 June 2000 00:00
		Re: include file? By: promashkin on Thu, 29 June 2000 00:00
		Re: include file? By: John-David T. Smith on Thu, 29 June 2000 00:00
		Re: include file? By: Robert Weiss on Thu, 29 June 2000 00:00

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