Weirdness with global variable declaration

[Doug Lerner]

Yes, but, but :)

If those commands are *outside* of a handler, exactly when do they actually
get executed?

doug

On 1/19/04 4:08 PM, "Jeremy Smith" <helloc66 at hotmail.com> wrote:

> Instead of doing this
> 
> on openCard
> global debugMode
> global inChatUsers, newChatSocket
> global chatRect, chatRectHalf, wbRect
> put "8,8,596,314" into chatRect
> ....
> 
> do this
> 
> global debugMode
> global inChatUsers, newChatSocket
> global chatRect, chatRectHalf, wbRect
> on openCard
> put "8,8,596,314" into chatRect
> ...
> 
> Then you can access the globals from all the handlers (opencard/closecard)
> etc...
> 
> Cheers.
> 
>> From: Doug Lerner <doug at webcrossing.com>
>> Reply-To: How to use Revolution <use-revolution at lists.runrev.com>
>> To: How to use Revolution <use-revolution at lists.runrev.com>
>> Subject: Re: Weirdness with global variable declaration
>> Date: Mon, 19 Jan 2004 15:37:22 +0900
>> 
>> What do you mean by "off by themselves"?
>> 
>> doug
>> 
>> On 1/19/04 2:47 PM, "Thomas J McGrath III" <3mcgrath at adelphia.net> wrote:
>> 
>>> just declare the globals off by themselves...
>>> 
>>> then do your on opencard.
>>> 
>>> 
>>> On Jan 18, 2004, at 11:40 PM, Doug Lerner wrote:
>>> 
>>>> I read about doing that - in a so-called "script" rather than in a
>>>> "handler". But I wasn't clear about how that works.
>>>> 
>>>> How do script commands get executed if they are not part of a handler?
>>>> 
>>>> doug
>>>> 
>>>> On 1/19/04 1:32 PM, "Thomas J McGrath III" <3mcgrath at adelphia.net>
>>>> wrote:
>>>> 
>>>>> Have you tried creating the global outside of this handler?
>>>>> put it by itself before the openCard .
>>>>> 
>>>>> On Jan 18, 2004, at 9:37 PM, Doug Lerner wrote:
>>>>> 
>>>>>> In an openCard handler I have:
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> on openCard
>>>>>>   global debugMode
>>>>>>   global inChatUsers, newChatSocket
>>>>>>   global chatRect, chatRectHalf, wbRect
>>>>>>   put "8,8,596,314" into chatRect
>>>>>>   .
>>>>>>   .
>>>>>>   .
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> But a button in that card doesn't seem to know the value of chatRect.
>>>>>> And
>>>>>> while globalNames lists inChatUsers, newChatSocket and debugMode it
>>>>>> doesn't
>>>>>> list any of the three globals on the third line of the handler above.
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> Any reasons why a global should no longer be among the globalNames?
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> Thanks,
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> doug
>>>>>> 
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