Thanks for the suggestions (original Q below), which involved the use of text files to store the info I'm passing around. However, I've gone for DDE linking because it's a bit more flexible to mess around with on the fly.
A question - is it possible to pass array variables using DDE? If I request myVar where myVar is an array, I get a blank value. Requesting myVar(2) results in the "Cannot initiate link" error. Any suggestions? I can't find anything in the manuals that suggests arrays can't be used in this way, but then again, I can't find anything which says they can... help! Frank At 17:53 09/09/2002 +0100, frank hebbert wrote: >Hello all > >I want to share variable information between two separate mbx files - they >can't be compiled together, but I want one to set a variable for the other >to pick up. > >For example - myMenu.mbx creates a menu, and the first item, when selected >by my user, stores the value of timer() into myVar. MyMenu remains active. > >A second mbx, myTool.mbx, is then run - but how can it retrieve the value >of myVar? If I dim myVar inside myTool.mbx it will ignore the global var. > >Am I right in thinking that the only way to do this is using DDE commands, >as mentioned in the Mapbasic dev guide? > >cheers > >Frank > > >--------------------------------------------------------------------- >List hosting provided by Directions Magazine | www.directionsmag.com | >To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >Message number: 2911 > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- List hosting provided by Directions Magazine | www.directionsmag.com | To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Message number: 2928
