Should I be able to do this?

[Karen <keatk@verizon.net>]

I thought the #if ... #EndIf block makes things that are not true in  
that block invisible to the complier.
If that is true one would expect to be able to use them anywhere ...  
But apparently that not true. The following code gives me an illegal  
syntax error:

    Select Case RectCtrl
    #if RBVersion <= 2009.3
     Case IsA EditField
       CheckedFont = EditField(RectCtrl).TextFont
    #endif

    #if RBVersion >= 2009.3
     Case isA TextField
       CheckedFont = TextField(RectCtrl).TextFont
     Case isA TextArea
      CheckedFont = TextArea(RectCtrl).TextFont
    #endif

    Case IsA StaticText
      CheckedFont = StaticText(RectCtrl).TextFont
    Case IsA Listbox
      CheckedFont = Listbox(RectCtrl).TextFont
    <snip>
   End Select

Is this this a bug, a design flaw, or am I crazy to even think doing  
this should work?
I know the work around in this case is obvious (but a pain IMO) ... I  
am not asking for that, just about ideally how #if ... #endif should  
work
- Karen

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