Re: Persistant variable in Form 6i

Thanks so much. The global variable and a pre-block trigger did the trick!

Kevin

richard_at_r-senior.demon.co.uk (Richard Senior) wrote in message news:<9kqsvr$tv$1_at_gate.local>...
> In article <997220476.23880.0.pluto.d4ee154e_at_news.demon.nl>,
> "Sybrand Bakker" <postbus_at_sybrandb.demon.nl> writes:
> >
> > "CupOfWater" <asiandoof_at_hotmail.com> wrote in message
> > news:e0c9495d.0108071309.70b1e7e3_at_posting.google.com...
 

> >> wouldn't want the message to come up every single time. Is there a
> >> way to create a persistance variable - a flag essentially that will
> >> last for the execution of the form?
> >
> > Create a package with a variable defined in the package specification.
>
> Another way is to use a global variable in the form. These only allow you
> to store character data up to 255 characters but they are visible across
> all triggers in your form (in fact they are visible across different
> modules in your runtime session too). There's no need to declare them,
> just assign a value:
>
> :GLOBAL.message_displayed := 'TRUE';
>
> You might also find the DEFAULT_VALUE builtin useful for giving global
> variables a value if they are null, e.g.
>
> DEFAULT_VALUE('FALSE', 'GLOBAL.message_displayed');
Received on Wed Aug 08 2001 - 19:39:26 CEST