Includes and Excludes

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TomToad

I believe you are using Include incorrectly. When you "Include" a file, you are basically putting the source where the include is. So do something like this:

;Main.bb
Include "Menu.bb"
Graphics 800,600
While Not KeyHit(1)
If KeyHit(MENU_KEY)
 a = Menu()
 Print "You Pressed " + a
Wend
End

;Menu.bb
Const MENU_KEY = 59

Function Menu()
Repeat
Print "1) Do Nothing"
Print "2) Don't do anything"
Print "3) Nothing done here"

a = Input("Your Choice? "
Until a > 0 And a < 4
Return a
End Function

Then you compile Main.bb. The compiler, when it compiles will see Main.bb as though you had written everything into one source code like so:

;Main.bb
;Menu.bb
Const MENU_KEY = 59

Function Menu()
Repeat
Print "1) Do Nothing"
Print "2) Don't do anything"
Print "3) Nothing done here"

a = Input("Your Choice? "
Until a > 0 And a < 4
Return a
End Function
Graphics 800,600
While Not KeyHit(1)
If KeyHit(MENU_KEY)
 a = Menu()
 Print "You Pressed " + a
Wend
End

Inserting Menu.bb right where the "Include" was in Main.bb