letfileglobal
letfileglobal
VARIABLE
=
VALUE

The letfileglobal statement creates a fileglobal variable and assigns a value to it.

Parameters

This statement has two parameters:

variable – is the name of the variable that you want to create.

value – calculates the value that will be placed into the variable.

Description

This statement works just like an assignment, but the destination of the assignment is automatically created (if it does not already exist) as a fileglobal variable. For example, this statement creates a fileglobal variable named pageCount and assigns the value 23 to it.

    letfileglobal pageCount=23

The value can be any data type, for example text like this:

    letfileglobal userName="Bob"

Note: This statement is identical to the assignfileglobal statement, but letfileglobal uses an equal sign between the variable name and the value, instead of a comma.

See Also

- assign -- assigns a value to a field or variable.
- assignfield -- performs an assignment, much like an equals sign or the assign statement. However, the *assignfield* statement only performs the assignment to a database field, not to any variable.
- assignfieldwithsideeffects -- performs an assignment, much like an equals sign or the assign statement. However, the *assignfieldwithsideeffects* statement only performs the assignment to a database field, not to any variable. After performing the assignment, it will run any side effects associated with the field, including formulas and code associated with the field.
- assignfileglobal -- performs an assignment, much like an equals sign or the assign statement. However, the *assignfileglobal* statement only performs the assignment to a fileglobal variable.
- assignglobal -- performs an assignment, much like an equals sign or the assign statement. However, the *assignglobal* statement only performs the assignment to a global variable.
- assignlocal -- performs an assignment, much like an equals sign or the assign statement. However, the *assignlocal* statement only performs the assignment to a local variable.
- assignwindowglobal -- performs an assignment, much like an equals sign or the assign statement. However, the *assignwindowglobal* statement only performs the assignment to a windowglobal variable.
- define -- performs an assignment, much like an equals sign or the assign statement. However, the *define* statement only performs the assignment if the variable is currently undefined. If the variable already has a value, the *define* statement leaves it alone. The *define* statement is especially useful for initializing permanent variables.
- fileglobal -- creates one or more fileglobal variables.
- let -- creates a local variable and assigns a value to it.
- letglobal -- creates a global variable and assigns a value to it.
- letpermanent -- creates a permanent variable and assigns a value to it.
- letservervariable -- creates a server variable and assigns a value to it.
- letwindowglobal -- creates a windowglobal variable and assigns a value to it.
- set -- performs an assignment, much like an equals sign or the assign statement. However, the destination of the assignment can be calculated on the fly.
- setfield -- performs an assignment, much like an equals sign or the assign statement. However, the destination field of the assignment can be calculated on the fly.
- setglobal -- sets a value into a global variable. The name of the global variable is calculated on the fly.
- setlocal -- sets a value into a local variable. The name of the local variable is calculated on the fly.
- setlocalsfromdictionary -- converts a dictionary into a collection of local variables. The names and values of the local variables will be derived from the dictionary contents.

History

Version | Status | Notes
10.0 | New | New in this version.