Re: using forms globals in multi form application

Hi,

    Try using package variables instead of global variables. It is very healthy over global variables especially in multi-form environment. Global variables behave strangely in such applications.

Riaz

David wrote:

> I'm trying to use global values from one form in an application to another
> form. The forms are entered either by menu item or navigation button on
> another form. I'm setting the globals' values in post query and
> when-new-record triggers. I check the block item values for null in
> When-new-form-instance triggers and if they are null and there is an
> existing global value I set the block item value to the global value. I
> then fire off a query using the execute_query built-in.
>
> I'm not getting results when I come in from another screen. What am I doing
> wrong?
>
> Thanks for any help or suggestions.
>
> David Finkelstein

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