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[kapege.de]

Bug or feature?
The following script does not behave as expected:

myEXE = 0
if myEXE = 1
{
msgbox, %myEXE% ; is NOT executed
#NoTrayIcon ; is EXECUTED!
#SingleInstance force ; is EXECUTED!
FileInstall, default.ini, custom.ini, 0 ; is NOT executed
}

I think It would be better, when the #directives would only be executed if the if-clause is valid. I think that you check for the number signs (#) before running the script.
I for myself always need two versions of a script: One is running in script-mode while developing, another one is running as .exe. When I swap the "myEXE" variable I quickly can change the behaviour of the script before compiling.

Is it planned to change that?
Would be great!

Thanx


Peter

[jonny]

It's impossible to conditionally pass directives because they are processed before the script actually starts executing. It might help to think of them as a completely separate part of the script, above conditions, blocks, and labels.

The nature of directives and the need for processing them first means this fact won't change, by the way.

[kapege.de]

Thanx. I'll comment them out like before.

Peter