Dear Eddie Thank you, this solved my problem. BTW, I got you message twice, but it did not make it to the roottalk archive. Best regards Christian Edmond Offermann wrote: > Dear Christian, > > Declaration of your variable is supposed to > happen once . So leave in your header file > the statement > " const char *kXPSName = "This is text"; " . > > In the other source files where you want to have > access to this variable put > > extern const char *kXPSName; > > Actually it is a better strategy to have in your > header file the extern statement and in > one source file the declaration statement. > > Eddy > > ps. let's see if my mail makes it past the spam > filters on roottalk :-) > > --- cstrato <cstrato@aon.at> wrote: > >>Dear Rooters >> >>In the header file XPSApp.h I have defined: >> const char *kXPSName = "This is text"; >>//or: static const char *kXPSName = "This is >>text"; >> >>In a couple of source files I "#include XPSApp.h" >>Sorrowly, at the end of the compilation I get the >>error: >> >>ld: multiple definitions of symbol _kXPSName >>XDataFrame.o definition of _kXPSName in section >>(__DATA,__data) >>XPSApp.o definition of _kXPSName in section >>(__DATA,__data) >>make: *** [XPSApp] Error 1 >> >>Do you know how I can define kXPSName so that I can >>use >>it in multiple source files? >> >>Thank you in advance >>Best regards >>Christian >>_._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._ >>C.h.i.s.t.i.a.n S.t.r.a.t.o.w.a >>V.i.e.n.n.a A.u.s.t.r.i.a >>_._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._ >> > > >
This archive was generated by hypermail 2b29 : Thu Jan 01 2004 - 17:50:17 MET