Hi there - Can anybody 'splain this to me?

-SET &&YRLESSFIVE = (&DATEYY - 5);
-SET &&YRPLUSFIVE = (&DATEYY + 5);

-SET &YRLESSFIVE = &&YRLESSFIVE;
-SET &YRPLUSFIVE = &&YRPLUSFIVE;

-HTMLFORM BEGIN

<SPAN>How come these GLOBAL variables do not resolve?</SPAN><BR>
<SPAN>!IBI.GBL.YRLESSFIVE;</SPAN><BR>
<SPAN>!IBI.GBL.YRPLUSFIVE;</SPAN><BR>
<BR>
<SPAN>But yet if I set these LOCAL variables equal to the GLOBAL variables it works!</SPAN><BR>
<SPAN>!IBI.AMP.YRLESSFIVE;</SPAN><BR>
<SPAN>!IBI.AMP.YRPLUSFIVE;</SPAN><BR>

-HTMLFORM END

This message has been edited. Last edited by: Dan Pinault,

Is there a reason why you can't use &&YRLESSFIVE and &&YRPLUSFIVE

Try !IBI.GLB.YRLESSFIVE; (etc)
(not GBL !)

Waz, I want to use the values in a JavaScript function. Yes, yrlessfive and yrplusfive can be declared in JavaScript but I have other global variables I want to use this way too.

!IBI.GLB.YRLESSFIVE it is. I just tested it.

Darn syntax! Geez, shouldn't the system know what I meant?!?
Thanks for the extra set of eyes.

OK - here is the scenario I'm using this in:
The global variables are defined either in the server profile or the group profile (depending on the variable).
I built a simple HTML page in the Composer that just shows these variables as text objects.
If I run the HTML page by itself the variables do not resolve.
However, if I create a fex that has

 -HTMLFORM app/webpage.htm 

then the variables resolve.

Does this mean I need to launch the web page from a fex if I want to use these variables or is there some similar mechanism that can be used in the HTML page itself?

Thanks again!

Dan

Hi Dan,

Yes, that is exactly how we architect. All programs are done on the server. All calls to these programs are from MRE.

So, we have:
1 place to modify a program
Calls from MRE invoke all the .wfs script files which may include security fex's.
-MRNOEDIT -INCLUDE app_folder/PROGRAM.FEX
-MRNOEDIT -HTMLFORM app_folder/PROGRAM.HTM

There are many other reasons we do this.

hth