>Hi All,
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>I am experiencing a variable out of scope problem. I create a variable from within th INIT of the report. I want to use this variable within the running report for a "Print When Expression is True" on a label.
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>The variable is a Boolean value. I am limited to VFP7.
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>What I find is this:
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>LOCAL and PRIVATE both end in a "Variable XXXXXX not found." message box with an Ok and Help button.
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>PUBLIC actually works.
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>Question: Is anyone aware of another means for giving scope within the report other than using a PUBLIC variable.
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>Thanks in advance,
>Larry

You can use LOCAL if it's declared outside the report:
Local lMyvar
lMyvar=.t.
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