Include Files - Named Parameters

OE 11.6 - Let's say I have a program sample.i which has below code snippet;

&IF DEFINED(test) = 2 &THEN
message "{&test}" view-as alert-box.
&ENDIF.

Now when I run below code; - let's say test.p

{sample.i
/* &test = yes */
}

Ideally I would not expect the message statement to be included in my test.p; but it gets executed and it gave me the value as 'yes' also.

If I remove the '&test = yes' then it works fine; isn't it same as that of commenting it?

It should definitely be a dumb question. It would be great if someone can help me in understanding this.
 

Stefan

Well-Known Member
Works fine for me - try viewing the preprocessed file for clues as to why it is not working for you.
 
Thanks Stefan for your response. My bad - Yes this works.

Can you pls. check the below one? - this doesn't

{sample2.i
&t2_lock = NO-LOCK
/* &test = yes */
}

Now it doesn't. My Listing file looks weird too;

{} Line Blk
-- ---- ---
1
2 {sample2.i
3 &t2_lock = NO-LOCK
4 /* &test = yes */
5 }
1 1 &IF DEFINED(test) = 2 &THEN
1 2 message "{&test}yes" view-as alert-box.
1 3 &ENDIF.
5
6
D:\sample6.p 01/03/2017 05:48:43 PROGRESS(R) Page 2

File Name Line Blk. Type Tran Blk. Label
-------------------- ---- ----------- ---- --------------------------------
D:\sample6.p 0 Procedure No
 

Stefan

Well-Known Member
Interesting, I see the same behavior, this smells like a bug to me. I can imagine quite some frustration tracking something like this down.
 

tamhas

ProgressTalk.com Sponsor
As discussed on Progress Communities, the issue here is trying to mix positional and named parameters. Once you use a named parameter, positional parameters cannot be used.
 
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