>???? I sure can see private variables from the command window. What exactly do you mean by "test mode"?
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>Those few global variables I had were global objects, like goApp and goUser. Most of the time I run my main program from the command window with a switch that sets up those objects, but doesn't actually run the program (doesn't set the menu, doesn't do a READ EVENTS, etc). The problem is that the program runs and then is done because there's no READ EVENTS. So those private variables don't stick around.

Ah, I see. I usually set a breakpoint in the debugger and stop the code where a READ EVENTS would be. Gives me access to the Debugger and the command window, and privates are still in scope.