Equates from string CVQ CVDWRD

[Cliff Nichols]

I was playing around with some code I tripped upon in the manual, but I really don't quite get what the manual is telling me.
I thought the manual was telling me I could declare an equates using a string for the value, but what I don't get is why CVQ would work but CVDWD or CVL do not?

At first I thought it was the length of the string (1 char = 1 byte) but that does not seem to be it.

What am I missing????? (Or completely misunderstanding????)

#COMPILE EXE
#DIM ALL
#INCLUDE "Win32Api.inc"

TYPE Form
     FrmName AS ASCIIZ * %MAX_PATH
END TYPE

TYPE FrmButton
     BtnName AS ASCIIZ * %MAX_PATH
     BtnCaption AS ASCIIZ * %MAX_PATH
     BtnTop AS DWORD
     BtnLeft AS DWORD
     BtnHeight AS DWORD
     BtnWidth AS DWORD
END TYPE

%Form1  = CVQ("FrmForm133333333333333333333333333333333333333333333")
'%Form2  = CVDWD("F")                   'Uncomment for error
'%Form3  = CVl("Form")                   'Uncomment for error
%Button1 = CVQ("Button1")
%Button2 = CVQ("Button2")

%Form  = CVQ("Form")
%Button = CVQ("Button")

%Button3 = %BUTTON + 1
%Button4 = %BUTTON + 2

FUNCTION PBMAIN () AS LONG

    MSGBOX STR$(%FORM1) + $CR + STR$(%BUTTON1) + $CR + STR$(%BUTTON1)
    MSGBOX STR$(%FORM) + $CR + STR$(%BUTTON)
'    MSGBOX STR$(%FORM2)      'Uncomment for error
    MSGBOX STR$(%FORM) + $CR + STR$(%BUTTON3) + $CR + STR$(%BUTTON4)

END FUNCTION

[Paul Dixon]

Chris,
from the help file under "Equates"

If an expression is used, all parts of the expression must consist of constants, numeric equates; bitwise operators like AND, OR; and NOT; the arithmetic operators +, -, *, /, and \, and the relational operators >, <, >=, <=, <>, =; and the CVQ function.

So it looks like CVQ is specifically allowed but the other Cxx functions are not.

Paul.

[Cliff Nichols]

Maybe thats what it is .... Thanks Paul

I have no problem with CVQ, but it drove me nuts trying to figure out what I was doing wrong with other CV commands. (All I was getting was "Syntax Error" and the more I stared at it .... the more confused I got about "What Syntax Error?....I can NOT see an error"


I guess my next tests will be to find out if the number given is a Windows Handle (like GetDlgItem(HwndDlg, %Button) ) or just some number generator that the compiler understands????