Hi, I've recently started progamming an app in Sesame and I have a question about the scope of user defined variables.

I've created a function that lives in the Global Code area. The function takes a String Array as a parameter.

I want to create that array just once, to cut down on repetition and increase speed.  But I get an error when I include the var declaration in the global code area. And if I declare it in an element's 'OnFormEntry' section, no other elements can see the array, which means I've have to declare it and populate it all over again.

Is there a way to declare a variable that all elements can use without making it a Global Static variable?

For example,  in Global Code:

var orderelements as String
orderelements = @StringArrayElementList()

function calculate_total(orderelements as String) as double

return 0
end function
 

and then elsewhere in an 'OnFormChange' area of an element I would call
total = calculate_total(orderelements)

this is just a general example, but I hope you get the gist.

Thanks
Derrick

Thanks alot. The Stat command is what I was missing out on. But since I'm so impatient, I went ahead and declared a Global Static Variable in OnFormEntry. It seems to works okay, but I'll go back and try it your way.


Derrick