Passing info from build configurations to code

[ErikT 1]

I am unsure if this is even possible in Delphi.

I have a GUI, designed for customer use, My employer wishes to have a version of the same software for internal use, where some extra features are available.

I intend to put these extra features on an extra TabSheet in a PageControl object. For regular customers, this TabSheet is invisible.

 

My intention was to have two different build configurations: One for customers and one for internal use. Then use a preprocessor symbol to let the code know which configuration it is.

However, I have read elsewhere, that Delphi doesn't have a preprocessor, so is this even possible to do?

I have defined this symbol in the IDE:

 

Then, in the FormCreate procedure, I have added this line:

{$IFDEF __BuilderGUI} TabSheet4.TabVisible := true; {$ENDIF}

However, the pascal line is never run. The compiler doesn't seem to "see" the symbol. I've also tried defining the symbol this way (even though I didn't believe in it):

 

If I add {$DEFINE __BuilderGUI} in my code, the $IFDEF recognizes the symbol and acts accordingly. So at least that part works.

 

Am I doing something wrong in the symbol definition, or is what I'm trying to do simply not possible?

 

Should I instead include the $DEFINE in a file that is not included in the customer configuration?

[Uwe Raabe 1898]

Edit the internal build configuration and add __BuilderGUI to Conditions.

[ErikT 1]

@Uwe RaabeFound it. Thanks!