Compiler Operations

The following functions manipulate the compiler's operation:

#ALIGN	Align the next instruction to a boundary.
%DEF	Determine if an equate has been previously defined
%PB_COMPILETIME	Contains the date and time of compilation.
#BREAK	Enable or disable "Control-Break" as a means of terminating the program.
#BLOAT	Artificially inflate the disk image size of a compiled program
#COMPILE	Determine which type of file will be created by the compiler
#CONSOLE	Enable or disable auto-creation of a console window upon execution of the program.
#DEBUG CODE	Compiler directive to suppress generation of debugging code.
#DEBUG DISPLAY	Display a message when an untrapped run-time error occurs.
#DIM	Specify if variables must be declared before use
#EXPORT	Declare a Sub/Function to have the EXPORT attribute.
#IF	Define sections of source code to be compiled or ignored
#LINK	LINK a pre-compiled Static Link Library (SLL) into your host program.
#OPTIMIZE	Choose between faster execution or smaller code size
#OPTION	Establish various compiler options.
#REGISTER	Control automatic allocation of Register variables
#STACK	Set the maximum potential stack size
#TOOLS	Enable/disable integrated development tools in compiled code
#UNIQUE	Specify whether unique variable names are required.
DECLARE	Explicitly declare a Sub or Function
DEFBYT	Declare the default variable type to be Byte
DEFCUR	Declare the default variable type to be Currency
DEFCUX	Declare the default variable type to be Extended Currency
DEFDBL	Declare the default variable type to be Double-precision
DEFDWD	Declare the default variable type to be Double-word
DEFEXT	Declare the default variable type to be Extended-precision
DEFINT	Declare the default variable type to be Integer
DEFLNG	Declare the default variable type to be Long-integer
DEFQUD	Declare the default variable type to be Quad-integer
DEFSNG	Declare the default variable type to be Single-precision
DEFSTR	Declare the default variable type to be String
DEFWRD	Declare the default variable type to be Word
DIM	Declare and dimension arrays, scalar variables, and pointers
ERASE	Deallocate array memory
GLOBAL	Declare global (shared) variables between Subs and Functions
INSTANCE	Declare Instance variables which are unique to each object
LOCAL	Declare local variables in a Sub or Function
MACRO	Define a single or multi-line text substitution block
OPTION EXPLICIT	Force explicit declaration of all variables
PBMAIN	Define the initial entry-point Function for an application
PREFIX/END PREFIX	Executes a series of statements, each of which utilizes pre-defined source code.
PROFILE	Capture an execution time profile of the Subs and Functions
REDIM	Declare dynamic arrays, allocate, reallocate, deallocate memory
REGISTER	Define local Register variables within a Sub or Function
STATIC	Declare static variables inside of a Sub or Function
STRPTR	Return the address of the data held by a variable length string
VARPTR	Return the 32-bit address of a variable or string handle
WINMAIN	Define the initial entry-point Function for an application