If I have a something coded into a define statement as in
#Define kDBType 'Stuf'
kDBType isn't subject to the same restrictions regarding the use of globals
belonging to an inactive app, is it?
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Paul Gargan [SMTP:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
> Sent: Tuesday, May 25, 1999 2:39 PM
> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Subject: Re: Opening databases during Sub-Call?
>
> >You have found the trickiest part of coding for the exchange manager.
> Your
> >app can be called with sysAppLaunchCMDExgReceiveData when it is open or
> >when it is closed. If your app is already open, you can reference global
> >variables from this call. So if you store the open database reference in
> a
> >global, you can simply reference that global in this call. If your app is
> >not open, you cannot reference the global at all since it does not exist.
> >In that case, you need to open the database in the call (you know it is
> not
> >already open because your app is not open).
>
> Thank you to everyone who replied to this. I hadn't RTFM closely enough
> and
> was coding under the assumption that a subcall could _not_ reference
> globals, instead of the other way round. Don't ask me why, it made sense
> at
> the time. Kind of.
>
> All is fun and happiness now, until I hit my next problem. But let's not
> worry about that yet :)
>
> Regards,
> Paul Gargan.
>
