Constants in Solution Site Applications
Most of the constants in the Solution Sites application are contained in the AppConsts 1.0 Type Library, which can be found in <Drive>:\Program Files\Microsoft Commerce Server\appconsts.tlb. This type library was released with Microsoft Commerce Server 2002 and can be used by any application. Declaring constants in a type library greatly improves performance, but does make it more difficult to change the values of the constants. You can view the contents of the type library with Microsoft Visual Basic or the OLE View tool in Microsoft Visual Studio. For a list of the constants, see Constants Reference.
The type library is declared in a METADATA tag near the top of the global.asa file. This makes the constants available anywhere within the application. Search for "TypeLibrary Declarations" on the Microsoft Developer Network (MSDN) Web site at https://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkId=5161 for more information about using the "TypeLib" METADATA tag.
The AppConsts 1.0 Type Library replaced the include file \include\consts.asp during the development of the Solution Sites application. This change was made to improve performance. This file was left in the Solution Sites application so that constants could be added to the application without recompiling the type library. The file \include\consts.asp is currently empty.
The file services\include\const.asp contains constants specific to the partner/customer service portion of the Solution Sites application.
This section contains:
- Using Compiled Constants in Solution Site Applications
- Re-compiling Constants Using MIDL for Solution Site Applications
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