>Generally that is what I do. I preface the names with g so I know they are global.
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>Rather than ..
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>_application.addproperty("MAXRXS") (one command per property)
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>I use
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>public giMAXRXS (and can declare several variables in one command)
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>public variables have global scope. _application properties have application scope.
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>I'm lazy - I like less typing. The OOP way is elegant but not necessarily better IMO.

The less global variables you use in the application, the better. There were lots of threads on the topic in the past, I can search a few, if you'd like.