Re: Dim vs. Public

From: Harald Staff (stf_at_enron.invalid)
Date: 01/27/05 

Date: Thu, 27 Jan 2005 12:50:14 +0100

"Jamie Collins" <jamiecollins@xsmail.com> skrev i melding
news:1106818462.360944.116730@z14g2000cwz.googlegroups.com...
> As far as I know there is no good reason for using a Public variable;
> I've never used one myself. If you need to share a module-level
> variable with another module, you can use a Property

Hi Jamie

Question of style, I think. I use public variables for things that are used
all over the app and that won't change "today" (=during the session).
Typically it's a username, a database address, environmental information, a
major choice in startup, ...

Best wishes Harald

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