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CONST "Syntax Error" with BC.EXE 4.00, but Works in Editor

Article ID: 26009

Article Last Modified on 11/21/2006

This article was previously published under Q26009

SUMMARY

The following line of code compiles properly inside the QB.EXE Version 4.00, 4.00b, or 4.50 editor, but BC.EXE issues a "Syntax error" at the last parenthesis at compile time, as follows:

   CONST True% = (0=0)

QB.EXE Version 3.00 issues an "illegal constant" error message when this code is either run from memory or compiled.

To work around this problem, use -1 or any other nonzero value to represent a logical TRUE, as follows:

   CONST True% = -1
   CONST False% = 0

Microsoft is researching this problem and will post new information as it becomes available.

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CONST "Syntax Error" with BC.EXE 4.00, but Works in Editor

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