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Macros in Panel Elements #438025 03/05/14 06:30 03/05/14 06:30
Joined: Jun 2013 Posts: 108 Alberta, Canada C CanadianDavid OP Member
CanadianDavid OP Member C Joined: Jun 2013 Posts: 108 Alberta, Canada	Any reason why macro definitions don't work in some elements such as a PANEL digits element? The following produces a "Number syntax" error: Code: #define A_MACRO_DEFINITION 0 PANEL* HUD = { digits(A_MACRO_DEFINITION , A_MACRO_DEFINITION, 0, *, 1, 1); } It seems this issue was also noticed by another user in this post.

Re: Macros in Panel Elements [Re: CanadianDavid] #438029 03/05/14 09:16 03/05/14 09:16
Joined: Mar 2011 Posts: 3,150 Budapest sivan Expert
sivan Expert Joined: Mar 2011 Posts: 3,150 Budapest	I think it is mentioned in the manual. similarly they don't work in struct definitions too. or is it mentioned only for structs? Free world editor for 3D Gamestudio: MapBuilder Editor

Re: Macros in Panel Elements [Re: sivan] #438034 03/05/14 09:52 03/05/14 09:52
Joined: Aug 2002 Posts: 3,258 Mainz oliver2s Expert
oliver2s Expert Joined: Aug 2002 Posts: 3,258 Mainz	From the Manual: http://www.conitec.net/beta/define.htm Quote: #defines are valid within all subsequent C code, but ignored in script parts that are not C standard, such as effect code or engine objects definitions like PANEL, MATERIAL etc.

Re: Macros in Panel Elements [Re: oliver2s] #438115 03/07/14 13:42 03/07/14 13:42
Joined: Jul 2000 Posts: 27,986 Frankfurt jcl Chief Engineer
jcl Chief Engineer Joined: Jul 2000 Posts: 27,986 Frankfurt	Structs are C standard and support macros, buts PANEL definitions don't.

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