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The assignglobal statement performs an assignment, much like an equals sign or the assign statement. However, the assignglobal statement only performs the assignment to a global variable.

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Parameters

This statement has two parameters:

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

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

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Description

This statement performs an assignment, much like an equals sign or the assign statement. However, the assignglobal statement only performs the assignment to a global variable. (If the variable doesn’t exist at all, it is created automatically and given the specified value.)

The procedure below will assign the value 714 to the AreaCode global – even if there is a local or fileglobal variable named AreaCode, or a field with that name.

assignglobal AreaCode,"714"

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See Also

• fileglobal --
• 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.
• 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.
• let -- creates a local variable and assigns a value to it.
• letfileglobal -- creates a fileglobal 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.

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History

Version	Status	Notes
10.0	New	New in this version.