Global variable not retained when declared in autoexec

[Dave Mac Callum]

Hi there,

I defined a global variable gd_btch_strt in autoexec define global variables - variable list. Going back to check that I had done it correctly, it was gone !! Tried again - same result. I have been doing this for a long while and have never had a problem. I then defined global variables - initialized at startup, and it was retained.

I defined the same global in scripts where the global is used as dim global gd_btch_strt as c because I thought this was necessary to advise the script of the globals existence - apparently not - Commenting this out and script works fine.

Does Alpha5 drop any globals that are defined in Autoexec define global variables - variable list if they are defined elsewhere in any script ?

I need to understand what is going here.

Looking forward

[Mike Wilson]

Re: Global variable not retained when declared in autoexec

I defined a global variable gd_btch_strt in autoexec define global variables - variable list.

I'm not sure what this means, Dave.

Are you saying that in an autoexec script you coded the following:

dim global gd_btch_strt as C

and then you look into the "V" toolbar while in the Code Editor and see the Global Variables list and the variable gd_btch_strt is not there?

[Dave Mac Callum]

Re: Global variable not retained when declared in autoexec

I'm not sure what this means, Dave.

Are you saying that in an autoexec script you coded the following:

dim global gd_btch_strt as C

and then you look into the "V" toolbar while in the Code Editor and see the Global Variables list and the variable gd_btch_strt is not there?

Hi Mike,

Thanks for the reply.

I have completely lost sight of the fact that the Script Autoexec is not shipped with Alpha5 (Autoexec being essential to kickoff my system)
but that I created it so long ago -

To clarify :

I Select the Control Panel / I then select autoexec script / I then select the "V" toolbar and add a global variable to the variable list / I then close Global Variables

When I repeat the above and look for the Global variable that I have just added - it is no longer there !! When I add the variable to the Initialized at startup it is retained

Trust this sufficiently explains

I attach a Screen dump

[Tbaker]

Re: Global variable not retained when declared in autoexec

Dave

See the attached, When you use that genie to add global variables to the variable list, as the caution states that they will not be remembered the next time you open the data base. To have them remembered you would have to use intialized at startup.

or

You could create an autoexec script that initializes the global variable.

Tom

[Dave Mac Callum]

Re: Global variable not retained when declared in autoexec

Hi Tom,

Thanks for that.

I have always understood that to mean that the global var would not retain the previous value, not that it would not retain its existence. I was reasonably sure that I have added global var to the variable list and they have been retained ? I even tried a few. You're right. I must have been mistaken. As Mark Twain says in my footnote.

Have a good day