>So why are you using public variables at all? Variables declared private in the main program work just like publics, but they won't have the documented limitation.
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>Hmmm... Well, that sorta worked. If I make them private, it doesn't work in test mode because they're not in scope from the command window. But if I make them public, I can't do the RELEASE ALL in the clean up code.

???? I sure can see private variables from the command window. What exactly do you mean by "test mode"?

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>So what I did was test to see what mode I'm in and make them public if I'm in test mode. Which means the cleanup code is a pain to test now, but it's only a small section of the code, so that's ok.

If you've got an arrangement that works, I guess that's all that matters.