Writing Code lines

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Thu 3 Jul 2008, 16:45 Delegate Erika said...

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Writing Code lines

When do you use Public as a String instead of Dim?

Thu 24 Jul 2008, 11:55 Trainer Carlos said...

Dim vs Public in Variable declaration

Hi Erika

When declaring variables you use the Public setting when you want the variable to be seen and be accessible by all procedures and modules in a project (eg Forms).

A Dim declaration sets the variable to be seen only by the procedure or module that contains it.

Hope this helps

Carlos

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