Re: dynamic program CALLS

[Vern Hamberg <hambergv@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Paul

At 10:38 PM 12/8/97 -0500, you wrote:
>>If LR is *NOT* turned on when you execute a RETURN, the resources that the
>>program is using remain allocated to the program.
>>
>>david
>
>
>That's a point that hasn't been emphasized (yet):  If you do a RETURN
>without LR, then call the program again, ALL VARIABLES AND INDICATORS ARE
>JUST AS YOU LEFT THEM.
>
>You -do- start executing the program 'from the top,' but you have to do
>your own field clearing and indicator re-setting (ie move zero/blank and
>seton/setof).
>
>This can be very aggravating if you don't remember to clear things in your
>program, or if you add a new field to a screen and don't remember to clear
>it in your program!

OTOH, there are times when that's _exactly_ what you want to do—kind of
like 'static' in C/C++. So, as in so many things, it depends.

Cheers

Vernon Hamberg
Systems Software Programmer
Old Republic National Title Insurance Company
400 Second Avenue South
Minneapolis, MN 55401
(612) 371-1111 x480


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