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peter.cook

UK
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Posted - 10/22/2003 :  05:01:31 AM  Show Profile  Edit Topic  Reply with Quote  View user's IP address  Delete Topic
Hi,

the exist function returns 8 for macros not 6 as stated in the help. This applies to all versions including 7.5.
Please can you clarify/confirm what the exist(name) function returns?

FYI : I'm using this to check if project specific macros are to be run in a generic (cross project) application.

Cheers,

pete

cpyang

USA
1406 Posts
Posted - 10/22/2003 :  06:24:22 AM  Show Profile  Edit Reply  Reply with Quote  View user's IP address  Delete Reply
You are right, as can be seen in oc_const.h with Origin C by searching for EXIST_MACRO

#define EXIST_MACRO 8

This was changed in 1995 from 6 to 8 and the documentation was not
updated.


CP
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peter.cook

UK
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Posted - 10/22/2003 :  06:38:39 AM  Show Profile  Edit Reply  Reply with Quote  View user's IP address  Delete Reply
Hi CP,

Thanks for reply. browsing through 0c_const.h I see

#define EXIST_NONE      0
#define EXIST_DATA      1
#define EXIST_WKS       2
#define EXIST_PLOT      3
#define EXIST_VAR       4
#define EXIST_MATRIX    5
#define EXIST_TOOLBAR   7
#define EXIST_MACRO     8
#define	EXIST_PLOT_3D	6
#define	EXIST_NOTES	9
#define EXIST_ACTIVE    10
#define EXIST_LAYOUT	11
#define	EXIST_EXTERN_WKS	12
#define EXIST_PAGE	13


all of which I think work with exist(name) even to 6.1

Cheers,

Pete

(so just a matter of updating help files)
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