Creating your own custom constants file

[SFSxOI]

Then if a procedure returns a string, you can't make it a constant?

[Kwai chang caine]

@PB
Thanks a lot my good PB for your great tips
I go to surprising you

KCC have write a little procedure, who use your splendid tips, to create the RES, and put it a the right place
Yes yes .....i know....you don't believe your two eyes....(I suppose you have two eyes :roll:)
KCC have created it alone, with his ten podgy fingers
And furthermore.....KCC have write it in two language.

KCC post the english language here....so the half english language like say my MASTER SROD

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; ResidentCreator created by KCC thanks to the great tips of PB
; http://www.purebasic.fr/english/viewtopic.php?p=120641#120641

Procedure CreationFichierResident(FilePath.s)
  
 NameFile.s = ReplaceString(GetFilePart(FilePath), ".pb", "")
  
 If FileSize(#PB_Compiler_Home + "Residents\" + NameFile + ".res") <> - 1 
    
  AnswerOverWrite = MessageRequester("ResidentCreator", "The file ''" + NameFile + ".res'' already exist, do you want to overwrite it ?", #PB_MessageRequester_YesNo ) 
     
  If AnswerOverWrite <> 6
   ProcedureReturn 0
  EndIf
  
  DeleteFile(#PB_Compiler_Home + "Residents\" + NameFile + ".res")   
 
 EndIf
  
 If RunProgram(#PB_Compiler_Home + "Compilers\pbcompiler.exe", FilePath + " /resident " + NameFile + ".res /IGNORERESIDENT", #PB_Compiler_Home + "Compilers\", #PB_Program_Wait|#PB_Program_Hide)

 While FileSize(#PB_Compiler_Home + "Compilers\" + NameFile + ".res") = - 1
   Delay(10)
  Wend

  CopyFile(#PB_Compiler_Home + "Compilers\" + NameFile + ".res", #PB_Compiler_Home + "Residents\" + NameFile + ".res") 
  DeleteFile(#PB_Compiler_Home + "Compilers\" + NameFile + ".res")
  MessageRequester("ResidentCreator", "The new file résident ''" + NameFile + ".res'', is created in the folder of résidents of PureBasic" + Chr(13) + "For use it, restart the PureBasic IDE.")
 EndIf 
 
EndProcedure

FileChoose$ = OpenFileRequester("Please, choose the Pbfile countain your constants", "c:\", "Resident PB|*.pb", 0)

If Trim(FileChoose$) <> ""
 CreationFichierResident(FileChoose$)
EndIf

Again thanks PB for sharing

[Kwai chang caine]

I have create this little code who make a PB file under C:\
This file control if all the constant you have created with the code above is good

1/ Create your RES with the above code
2/ Restart PB IDE
3/ Reload the same file who you have use for create RES in this code
4/ Load the "c:\TestResidents.pb" who just is created by this code
5/ Run TestResidents.pb and it list all your CONSTANT and his value you have created with the above code, for control she is all here and good

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Procedure ControleListeResident(SourceResident.s)
  
 ReadFile(1, SourceResident)    
 
 If FileSize("c:\TestResidents.pb") <> - 1
  DeleteFile("c:\TestResidents.pb")
 EndIf
  
 CreateFile(2 , "c:\TestResidents.pb")
 
 Repeat
  
  Donnee$ = ReadString(1)
  
  If Left(Trim(Donnee$), 1) = "#"
   
   NomConstante$ = StringField(Donnee$, 1, "=")
   
   If FindString(Donnee$, Chr(34), 1)
    WriteStringN(2, "Debug " + Chr(34) + NomConstante$ + " = " + Chr(34) + " + " + NomConstante$)
   Else
    WriteStringN(2, "Debug " + Chr(34) + NomConstante$ + " = " + Chr(34) + " + Str(" + NomConstante$ + ")")
   EndIf
    
  EndIf
  
 Until Eof(1) <> 0
 
 CloseFile(1)
 CloseFile(2)
 MessageRequester("ResidentControlor", "The file ''c:\TestResidents'' is created, load and run it in the IDE, for control all the CONSTANTS and his value.")
 
EndProcedure

FichierChoisi$ = OpenFileRequester("Please, choose the Pbfile countain your constants", "c:\", "Resident PB|*.pb", 0)

If Trim(FichierChoisi$) <> ""
 ControleListeResident(FichierChoisi$)
EndIf