Error 461 ???

[Bern Ertl]

1) I've got four arrays declared as GLOBAL.

2) I've got an initialization function which accepts an array BYREF
and REDIMs the array.

3) I've got a CALLBACK function which calls the initialization function
once for each GLOBAL array.

4) I've got four separate CALLBACK functions which modify their respective
GLOBAL array (without REDIMming - that's handled in the initialization
function).

I'm getting an error 461 at compile time in item #4. What do I need to do
to fix this?



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Bernard Ertl

[Michael Mattias]

461 Array not dimensioned - The array being referenced has not been dimensioned yet

Your error means a reference to an array physically precedes in the source code a DIM or REDIM statement for the variable.

Fix: put your GLOBAL arrayname() AS whatever physically in the source prior to the function.


MCM
(receiver of many of these errors)

[Bern Ertl]

Hi Michael,

I've got all my GLOBAL declares in the main .BAS file at the top
of the file.

The functions which use the offending array(s) are in a .INC file.

I guess I will have to explicitly dimension each array to one element
in the main .BAS file. Seems messy.


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Bernard Ertl

[Lance Edmonds]

Bern, the GLOBAL statement is _before_ the #INCLUDE statement, right? If not, then the 461 is because the GLOBAL is not actually _before_ the first use of the array.

If this does not help, can you please post the code? We should be able to spot the problem fairly quickly.

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Lance
PowerBASIC Support
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[Bern Ertl]

Hi Lance,

Yes, all my GLOBAL declarations precede the INCLUDE statements.

I added a line to DIMension the arrays to one element and everything
works again. I suspect the problem was that the initialization
function was dimensioning the arrays through a BYREF parameter, so
the compiler never saw an explicit DIMension for them.



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Bernard Ertl