'.' - unexpected mql4

[Jorge Luiz Dantas Novais Filho]

Because I can't compile my code when I use this expression below, I always get the error ('.' - unexpected in macro)

#define FXT_HEADER.size 728

#define FXT_HEADER.intSize 182

[Jean Francois Le Bas]

read what it says : just don't put a dot in the name of the define

[William Roeder]

You can't use dots in names. Dots are used in OOP code since Build 600+
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[Jorge Luiz Dantas Novais Filho]

Hello guys, thanks for the answer, I want to understand why many MQL4 code that I download on the internet has the dot in the name of the variables, how can people compile this way?

[Jean Francois Le Bas]

Jorge Dantas:
Hello guys, thanks for the answer, I want to understand why many MQL4 code that I download on the internet has the dot in the name of the variables, how can people compile this way?

yes it was working before, you need to manually replace each dot then

[William Roeder]

Jorge Dantas:  how can people compile this way?

You can't; they aren't; asked and answered in #2