>Hi Jimmy,
>
>>I've seen you say not to use public variables on a couple of occasions. I'm just wondering why.
>
>They have the potential to stomp on other variables (not a good thing) when they are not needed. If a LOCAL variable will work, there's no reason to endanger the system by using PUBLIC. IOW, They're Over Kill and Dangerous.
>
>Most folks won't touch them, and some are hesitant to even use PRIVATE. But declaring them anything is better than not :-)

Thanks Mike.
Happy Y2K.
JD