defining and using globals in an application

[Bob Sneidar]

Try custom properties instead. Store your values in a stack property and they will be retrievable from anywhere. 

Bob


On Jul 6, 2011, at 9:45 PM, Mark Stuart wrote:

> Hi Slava,
> You wrote:
>>> 
> You said "the value of that global not be available anywhere else," but the
> value IS available everywhere else. You just have to declare that this is a
> global variable before using it, so LC knows where to fetch that value.
> <<
> 
> Again, my point exactly.
> You HAVE to declare the global again, and again where needed.
> 
> I'd rather it once declared and a value put into it, the value be available
> elsewhere WITHOUT having to declare it again.
> It just sets up the developer for an easy "falldown". The time it takes,
> especially for a different developer in the same application or coming back
> some time later, to find the declared global name.
> 
> Which brings up a whole new issue of intelli-sense or type-ahead
> variable-name-while-typing-a-script convention.
> But I won't go there at this time.
> 
> Regards,
> Mark Stuart
> 
> 
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