Compiling FF 3.5 projects with FF3.6

[Franck Stegli]

I'm trying to compile a project with FF3.6 and I observe that it's not possible.

In an include module I have :

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Type ty_SFC_09H
   na1         As Byte
   n         As Word
End Type                     'sizeOf = 3

Type ty_SFC_0DH
   na1         As Byte
   n         As Word
End Type                     'sizeOf = 3

Type ty_SFC_ERR
   ec         As Byte            'error code
End Type


Union uni_ANS_DETAILS
   h09         As ty_SFC_09H      'offset = 20
   h0D         As ty_SFC_0DH      'offset = 20   
   er         As ty_SFC_ERR
End Union


and in the CODGEN....DECLARES.INC the unions are located at the top of the file.
It results an Undefined Type for      h09         As ty_SFC_09H      'offset = 20  at compile time !

Strange.   Is it a different management of declaration order in FF3.6 / FF3.5 ?


Franck

Compiler PBWin 10.03

[Paul Squires]

Yes, there were changes in 3.6 dealing with the order in which structures are outputted to the DECLARES file. Per the change log:

0000805: [New Feature Request] Tweak codegen output to place Equates/Types/Globals/Macros/Objects in better order (Paul Squires) - closed.

In your case, this change appears to cause problems.

To fix the problem you would need to move your code into a standalone include file rather than put it into your project via a module. You would then use an #INCLUDE <filename> in your FF_WINMAIN section.