>Forgive me, Jim, but I seem to be missing something here. . .
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>I cannot really see a difference between a PUBLIC memvar and a STATIC memvar. Can you explain.
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>regards,
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>Jim N
Jim,

Sure, a static var is one that is local to the routine that crerates it but it retains its value between calls. For example is routine A creates a static var named Mystatic and on the first call Mystatic is assigned the value 3, the next time Routine A is called, Mystatic will have the value of 3.

A Public var is one that remains in scope even after the routine that creates it terminates. A Public var is visible to the routine that creates it, all those above the creator, and all those below the creator. A Static is visible only to the routine that creates it, but it retains its value between calls.