> the main question would be how we define that PUBL Vars work.
>
> You could say that:
>
> PUBL cFirstName
>
> is the same as
>
> _screen.addproperty("cFirstName")
>
>



Thomas,
I didn't follow whole thread, but I have one question:
(BTW totally agree with Andy :-))

Where you have a BIG chance to change the value of the variable:
Here:

*** Somewhere in your main program:
PUBLIC cFirstName
cFirstName = [Thomas]

**** Some routine where you have a DBF with Field name FirstName and you must store the value of that field 
**** in the variable

or here:

*** Somewhere in your main program:
_screen.AddProperty([cFirstName],[Thomas])

**** Some routine where you have a DBF with Field name FirstName and you must store the value of that field 
**** in the variable

?





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Borislav Borissov

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