Use of global variables

[astraltango]

I'm simply trying to set a global variable which is set by one form and accessed by another, but it is not working.

I have declared it as public in the first module, but don't seem to be able to access it in another module.

Any idea what I may be doing wrong?

I have tried declaring it as public in both modules to no avail.

Cheers

 

[LPlates]

Try calling it as Form1.YourVariableName. When you say module, are you refering to the code for each form? If so, goto project.. Add Module, and add a new module. Now declare your variable as public in the new module and you should be able to access it by its name in the form's code

 

[compdrmt]

perhaps a little code example would be helpful

If I had to guess I would suspect you are not not giving the object name as well as the variable name when trying to set it

for example var1 declared public in form1 would be accessed in form2 as form1.var1

 

[astraltango]

ah yes, I wasn't including the form name when referencing the variable

is there any other way to reference a global variable without specifying a specific form? (since that is defeating the purpose of using the public variable in the first place)

thanks again

 

[LPlates]

Yes, read my suggestion above!

 

[chiph]

Where are you declaring the variable?
For it to be a true global variable, it needs to be declared in a .bas module as global. If you declare it in a .frm or .cls, it is a module-level variable.

Note that I don't advocate their use, but sometimes there's no other way.

Chip H.


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