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Conference abbott::visual_basic

Title:	Microsoft Visual Basic

Moderator:	TAMARA::DFEDOR::fedor

Created:	Thu May 02 1991
Last Modified:	Thu Jun 05 1997
Last Successful Update:	Fri Jun 06 1997
Number of topics:	2565
Total number of notes:	10453

2521.0. "PUBLIC Array?" by LEXSS1::GINGER (Ron Ginger) Thu Mar 20 1997 09:34

    I need an array  of strings that is global to my entire application.
    I assumed a simple PUBLIC FOO(100) as String in my global declarations
    section of the first form would work, but that gets a runtime error
    that says public arrays are not allowed.
    
    How can I declare a PUBLIC array for use anywhere in my app?

T.R	Title	User	Personal Name	Date	Lines
2521.1	Global, not public?	TURRIS::twuwuv.zko.dec.com::hower		`Thu Mar 20 1997 10:34`	5
	Declaring an array as Global foo(100) as string still seems to work.. Maybe Public only applies to routines? (docs to the contrary, if I recall :-} Helen
2521.2	suggestion	XSTACY::PATTISON	A rolling stone gets the worm	`Mon Mar 24 1997 11:43`	8
	You might consider using a Collection instead, its often easier to work with than an array. (Members of a collection don't have to be OLE objects, they may be variants) Dave
2521.3		LEXSS1::GINGER	Ron Ginger	`Mon Mar 24 1997 15:09`	8
	I had to put the declaration into a general module. Neither PUBLIC or GLOBAL is accepted in Form code. I think I could have left it in the Form module and refered to it as Form.foo(x) as well. But I need some general basic code anyway, so I Put the PUBLIC there. Thanks for the tips.