Subject Re: public variable getting lost From Ken Mayer <dbase@nospam.goldenstag.net> Date Sun, 22 Apr 2018 21:19:55 -0700 Newsgroups dbase.getting-started On 4/22/2018 8:03 PM, ed furche wrote: > I have a public variable CLKHOURS.   i can look at it after I declare it,  when I first open the app.  It has a zero just as i Initialized it. > When I proceed to the next WFM, where I use it to accumulate a quantity,  and then look at it,  is is blank. > Example:   from the command window  I enter ?CLKHOURS.  I has no value... > > Obviously,  the reason I am concerned, is that the number I stored in it, is not put into the  DBF record... > I am using dBase 9 because dBase 11 doesnt play well with Crystal. First off, don't use public variables. Instead, if this is something you need available across the application: _app.ClkHours = 0 Public variables are problematic, because you can easily accidentally overwrite them, and so on. Ken -- *Ken Mayer* Ken's dBASE Page: http://www.goldenstag.net/dbase The dUFLP: http://www.goldenstag.net/dbase/index.htm#duflp dBASE Books: http://www.goldenstag.net/dbase/Books/dBASEBooks.htm dBASE Tutorial: http://www.goldenstag.net/dbase/Tutorial/00_Preface.htm