Re: Class Declaration

    Hi Franco and Michael,

    Personally, it's very understandable to me that AS/400 programmers
might generally expect more understanding and assistance from others
who have gone through the same process than on other lists.

    At the same time, I also understand that some subscribers want the list
honed in on AS/400-specific Java discussion.  For the rest of us,
responding mails that say "ask somewhere else" or "don't do that" often
just add to the noise.

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----- Original Message -----
From: "Franco Biaggi" <fbiaggi@xxxxxxxxxx>
To: "Java Programming on and around the iSeries / AS400"
<java400-l@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Wednesday, December 29, 2004 3:26 PM
Subject: Re: Class Declaration


> Your t variable is vailable only in your Main method.
>
> ...Again this should not be a java beginner coding forum...
>
> michael@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx wrote:
>
> >Ok...I'm confused...
> >
> >In RPG, I declare all my prototypes in my D specs. I'd like to do the
> >same thing with Java. So I have some code that looks like this:
> >
> > public class MakeXLS {
> >     public static void main (String[] args)
> > {
> > MakeXLS t = new MakeXLS();
> > t.readCSVFile();
> > t.fillXLS();
> >                ...
> >But now I want to use fillXLS() inside of readCSVFile(). Why can't I
> >just have the line t.fillXLS() inside of readCSVFile()? Is it because
> >variable t is not global? I get this error instead:
> >
> >javac -classpath /OpenSource/jexcelapi/jxl.jar MakeXLS.java
> >MakeXLS.java:58: cannot resolve symbol
> >symbol  : variable t
> >location: class MakeXLS
> >        t.fillXLS();
> >        ^
> >1 error
> >$
> >
> >TIA...
> >
> Franco Biaggi
> CH-6807 Taverne
>