Odd things happening...

[Nancy Palmquist]

Jeff Harrison wrote:

> --- Kenneth Brody <kenbrody at bestweb.net> wrote:
> 
> 
>>Quoting Jeff Harrison (Wed, 2 Mar 2005 08:44:18
>>-0800 (PST)):
> 
> [snip]
> 
>>Not quite.  When the record is read/re-read and
>>automatic processing
>>is run, is when non-global variables are cleared.
>>
> 
> [snip]
> 
> Got it.  So the variables are cleared when the record
> is read.  I usually use automatic processing only when
> I need to communicate values between processing tables
> - rarely at any other time, so it would not normally
> be an issue for me.  But this is good to know none the
> less.  Thanks.

The fact that you use automatic processing or not is not important. It 
is that automatic processing would be run "then" that affects the values.

Eliminating automatic processing will not change the behavior of the 
variables at all.  They will still clear at the same point.

Nancy

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