Global variables lost in space

[Mark Talluto]

On May 17, 2005, at 5:23 PM, Dar Scott wrote:

>
> On May 17, 2005, at 5:49 PM, Mark Talluto wrote:
>
>
>> I just got bitten by the same thing and came to realize that if  
>> you create a new global variable and put a number into it, it will  
>> not now up.
>>
>
> This works for me:
>
> on mouseUp
>   global a
>   put 0+5 into a
>   put "[" & a & "]"
> end mouseUp
>
> I even changed the global to some weird name and used random().
>
> Rev 2.5.1 on OS X 10.3.9 (MDD).
>


Now open up your message box and look for the value of the global  
variable in the global variable list.  It will not show up.  It is  
true that the value is usable from within a script though.


Mark Talluto
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