Hardcode Definiton - Microsoft Access / VBA

Earl Anderson

I browse Google MS Access groups frequently and have come upon the word
"hardcode" or its variations (hardcoding, hardcoded, hard code, etc) in some
of the posts. What exactly is "hardcoding " ? Is it the opposite of
"softcoding " (though I've never seen that word)? How does it differ from
any other code? Is it more strenuous to write hardcode than most other
code? Just curious.

Thx...
Earl Anderson

Nov 12 '05 #1

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Steve Jorgensen

The metaphore is similar to hard-wired. If a behavior or data item used by a
program is determined entirely within code itself, then it is hard-coded. If
a behavior is driven by data stored and accessible outside of the code, then
it is not. There is no antonym for hard-coded, the term you would use depends
on what the code would do with the data.

By way of example, if a program displays the name of the registered owner, and
that is determined by a line in the code like the following

Public Const cstrRegisteredO wner = "Foo Bar, Inc."

then it is hard coded. Nothing outside of the code itself determines what
registered owner name will be displayed.

On Fri, 14 May 2004 00:08:16 -0400, "Earl Anderson" <is*****@rcn.co m> wrote:

I browse Google MS Access groups frequently and have come upon the word
"hardcode" or its variations (hardcoding, hardcoded, hard code, etc) in some
of the posts. What exactly is "hardcoding " ? Is it the opposite of
"softcoding " (though I've never seen that word)? How does it differ from
any other code? Is it more strenuous to write hardcode than most other
code? Just curious.

Thx...
Earl Anderson

Nov 12 '05 #2

Bradley

Steve Jorgensen wrote:

The metaphore is similar to hard-wired. If a behavior or data item
used by a program is determined entirely within code itself, then it
is hard-coded. If a behavior is driven by data stored and accessible
outside of the code, then it is not. There is no antonym for
hard-coded, the term you would use depends on what the code would do
with the data.

By way of example, if a program displays the name of the registered
owner, and that is determined by a line in the code like the following

Public Const cstrRegisteredO wner = "Foo Bar, Inc."

then it is hard coded. Nothing outside of the code itself determines
what registered owner name will be displayed.

On Fri, 14 May 2004 00:08:16 -0400, "Earl Anderson" <is*****@rcn.co m>
wrote:
I browse Google MS Access groups frequently and have come upon the
word "hardcode" or its variations (hardcoding, hardcoded, hard code,
etc) in some of the posts. What exactly is "hardcoding " ? Is it
the opposite of "softcoding " (though I've never seen that word)?
How does it differ from any other code? Is it more strenuous to
write hardcode than most other code? Just curious.

Thx...
Earl Anderson

I usually say the opossite to "hard coding" is "dynamic" :) I usually
try to make things as dynamic as possible to allow for unforseen
eventualities.
--
regards,

Bradley

Nov 12 '05 #3

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