DECLARE GLOBAL / EXTERN

[bruce at stn.com]

Richard Kreiss wrote Friday, July 27, 2007 2:14 PM:
[..]
> 
> Also, in many cases, when declaring long variables that are related to
> a
> real field in the file, I'll use
> Declare foobar(len(xx),edit(xx)).  This will keep me from having to
> change
> this variable is I need to change the associated field size.
> 
> Richard Kreiss
> GCC Consulting
>  

Thanks, Richard - great idea!  I sometimes find myself 
removing length and edit declarations from regular 
dummy field assignments used against real fields 
where they are not needed for the same purpose. Also,
I often see where people use the auto table, 
and then unnecessarily re-declare dummy fields in 
tables that are called with the auto table (ignoring 
filepro's warning when saving the table).

Bruce

Bruce Easton
STN, Inc.