Re: Using Text_IO in forms 4.5 (Dev 2000)

John Higley wrote:
>
> Hello,
> I am puzzling over this one. I am creating a form which monitors a
> pipe, and when input is detected, that input is displayed in a block. I
> would like to send that input to a file as well. The problem is, since
> Forms has no real global variables, I cannot open the file in one
> trigger, and use the file handle in another trigger. Has anyone done
> anything similar to this?
>
> Thanks in advance for any help.
>
> ps. I am using a timer to monitor the pipe and still allow some events
> to be seen. If the pipe has been busy for over 10 seconds, I exit the
> timer trigger. The timer expires in another second and brings me back.
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Have you tried putting the file handle in a package variable ?

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