/DEFINE (Encore RPG)

/DEFINE defines conditions for conditional compilation.

 /DEFINE <symbol>      

Parameters

symbol

Symbol can be any valid RPG name. Symbols are defined by the user either by using the /DEFINE directive, or by specifying them in the Build tab of a Project’s Property page under the “Conditional Compilation Symbols” textbox. a symbol definition is valid for the compilation of a program, which is the equivalent as the compilation of a.vr source file (and all of its / COPY include files).

Remarks

/DEFINE will make the specified symbol evaluate to true in a /IF DEFINED directive and false in an /IF NOT DEFINED directive. / UNDEFINE will do the opposite.

/ DEFINE and / UNDEFINE are not used by anything other than / IF / ELSEIF .

Example

/DEFINE Debug

/IF DEFINED (Debug)

    //This block is compiled and executed

    /ELSEIF NOT DEFINED (Debug1)								

    //This block is not compiled

    /ELSE

    //This block is not compiled

/ENDIF

/UNDEFINE Debug