>The use of the public variable 'goName' is always available -- I know that
>some folks on the UT think that public variables are the source of the
>world's problems, but when the 'DO FORM xx NAME goxx LINKED' employs a
>publicly declared 'goxx' it works -- menu code, prg code, methods in other
>forms, etc. Source of the procedural code does not matter, leaves name
>around forever -- i.e. until 'RELEASE goxx' which is either explicitly coded
>or form destroys itself. I have dozens of forms that work this way, from
>all the above mentioned code repositories.
Yes, global variables are the last straw, and this problem is too common to be resolved by extreme methods. Anyway, if you like it, this is fine.
Edward Pikman
Independent Consultant