[ES] Why is there duplicate color constants?

[Ginnungagap]

I was looking through the source code in Eclipse Stable (btw, I'm new to this),
and was wondering why these variables are in several different files:

```
Public Const Black = 0
Public Const Blue = 1
Public Const Green = 2
Public Const Cyan = 3
Public Const Red = 4
Public Const Magenta = 5
Public Const Brown = 6
Public Const Grey = 7
Public Const DarkGrey = 8
Public Const BrightBlue = 9
Public Const BrightGreen = 10
Public Const BrightCyan = 11
Public Const BrightRed = 12
Public Const Pink = 13
Public Const Yellow = 14
Public Const White = 15

Public Const SayColor = Grey
Public Const GlobalColor = Green
Public Const BroadcastColor = White
Public Const TellColor = White
Public Const EmoteColor = White
Public Const AdminColor = BrightCyan
Public Const HelpColor = White
Public Const WhoColor = Grey
Public Const JoinLeftColor = Grey
Public Const NpcColor = White
Public Const AlertColor = White
Public Const NewMapColor = Grey

```
I was wanting to edit the chat colors, and I'm not sure how to go about it now.

[Tyr]

The first row of const are the colors itself.

You could write:
```
Public Const SayColor = Grey
```OR
```
Public Const SayColor = 7
```
Its the same.
If you want to edit the colors for the chat, edit SayColor. Its pretty self explanatory.

Example:
```
Public Const SayColor = Yellow
```OR
```
Public Const SayColor = 14
```
Using 'Yellow' is way easier to read, thats why there are 2 row of variables.
i'm not pretty good at explaining things, but you'll get the hang of it.

Have fun!

[Ginnungagap]

I realize that part is self-explanatory, but which file do I edit those values in?
They are in several different places, and if I edit one, the others are still the default.

Which one actually matters?

[Tyr]

Its been a while I opened up this source…
I guess these variables can be found in both client and server.

*checking*
yes, in modConstants.mod

edit this file in both client and server and you'll be fine.

[Ginnungagap]

Haha, what about in modText under the Server?

[Tyr]

Err, I don't know about newer versions of eclipse… I stopped coding things before '2.8' came out.

Try what I said, if it doesn't work I'm afraid I cannot help you. (ignore modText)

[Robin]

The variables aren't being declared in different files. That'd cause errors.

They're only declared in modConstants on both the server and client. (Poorly, btw. It doesn't even give a datatype so they're all variant by default.)

[Ginnungagap]

Either way, changing any of the values for SayColor is not actually changing it.

I've set them different in both files, and I have also set them to the same thing.

On a side note, how are they not declared in different files if I am supposed to edit them in both places?

[Robin]

They're declared once in the server and once on the client.

Make sure you're compiling both client and server after you've changed them.

[Ginnungagap]

I thought it auto-compiled, seeing how it corrected my mistake earlier…

How do I compile a single file?
Or do I need to open the whole project up and then edit the single file within the project?

[Robin]

You shouldn't be editing single files anyway. You should always edit the project through the .vbp file. When compiling it takes all the different forms and modules and classes and compiles into a single .exe file. You can't compile a single piece of that project.

"File -> Make [filename].exe" will make a fully compiled .exe file. "Ctrl & F5" will do a full compile & run which is best for debugging.

[Ginnungagap]

At first it gave me a "System Registry" error when trying to open the projects, which is why I was attempting to edit single files (because it let me do that).
I just searched it and had to give VB6 admin rights.

Just got it all working after the compile!

Thanks so much.

(Sorry for the hassle, I'm a JAVA programmer and it compiles classes separately)

EDIT: also, it only requires the server file to be changed.

[Robin]

Ah, that explains it. Java is quite a bit different.

It only requires the server to be changed because the server sends through the chat messages.

I honestly don't know if the client-side variables are used for anything as I've never used Stable.