program variables of Addin can not be used outside

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maxchen
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program variables of Addin can not be used outside

Postby maxchen » Tue Aug 30, 2011 12:59 am

!doR2 is defined in the eqsumtab.prg of EqTabs Addin

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%ex7 = "\Example Files\EV7 Manual Data\"
%ch2 = "Chapter 2 - A Demonstration"
%wf = @evpath + %ex7 +%ch2 +"\demo.wf1"
pageload %wf
eqsumtab eq*   'save in table "results", and @getnextname

'rename {%tabname} tbeqs 'no effect
c(1) = !doR2   'error

also, %tabname is defined in eqsumtab.prg, but can not be used outside the Addin in the line "rename {%tabname} tbeqs"

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Re: program variables of Addin can not be used outside

Postby EViews Gareth » Tue Aug 30, 2011 7:50 am

Yep.
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Re: program variables of Addin can not be used outside

Postby maxchen » Tue Aug 30, 2011 6:44 pm

Thanks, but the object created in Addin is not local, say live in the workfile, and can be accessed by the main prg file.

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Re: program variables of Addin can not be used outside

Postby EViews Gareth » Tue Aug 30, 2011 7:15 pm

Correct. Workfile objects belong to workfiles, program variables belong to programs. When you delete a workfile, all objects in that workfile are gone, even if you're still running the program that created them. When you exit a program, all program variables in it are also gone, but the workfile objects it created are left behind.
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