Using Varibles...relearning, etc.

[AVGuru1]

I feel like such a loser.

I remeber being able to do some great variable things with AMS 3.0...then I moved more towards web based stuff...etc...and, well, ya forget things.

4.0 is excellent, and I'd like a refresher course on utilizing variable within AMS....from start to finish...etc. I was hoping for a video, etc, but I'm not finding any. *shrugs*

In any event, thanks for all the hard work guys! (and gals!)

[Corey]

Re: Using Varibles...relearning, etc.

I can whip up a vid for you no sweat but what exactly do you want to learn?

Corey Milner
Creative Director, Indigo Rose Software

[AVGuru1]

Re: Using Varibles...relearning, etc.

well, basicaly, the concept and implementation of defining a variable (where, syntax, etc.) How to pass the info along, And then some common sense exmamples on where to use them...the most basic being stuff like: checking for internet connection, dates, etc.

I figure once the framework is laid out, I can use standard programming protocol and logic from there.

Make sense?

[Corey]

Re: Using Varibles...relearning, etc.

OK well that's easy, you already have everything you need built in thanks to Lorne. Just go to the Help file and look in the index under "Variables" and "Variable Actions", it contains everything you need plus more in a few mere pages of easy-to-read easy-to-understand text.

Once you've read those few pages you'll have all the concepts you need crystal clear.

Corey Milner
Creative Director, Indigo Rose Software

[AVGuru1]

Re: Using Varibles...relearning, etc.

I guess I'm still foggy about defining them....I'm used to defining something in the startup code and BAM....is it simply defined within object properties, or is there a universal variable declaration area?

~Michael (who has been doing AMX programming WAY to much)

[TJ_Tigger]

Re: Using Varibles...relearning, etc.

Most of the variables I use are defined in the Actions list of each of the objects the variable belongs to. Some variables I are also put into the On.Initialize actions list of the page properties. It all depends on what the variable is going to be used for. I have one variable that I set to NOTFOUND when checking a users sytem for a default viewer for a .pdf file. I have this action on the button that would normally launch the pdf. I have it here rather than on Initialize since I know that the machines this project will potentially be running on are old and slow. I tested my project on a comparable machine and it took about 30 seconds for the project to start. Slow and not much RAM. So I have tried to keep some variables out of the On.Initialize page to speed the loading of the project.

A lot of the other variables I use are driven by dialog boxes and I store these in the default %Result% and test the variable from there.

I don't know if this has been any help but if you have questions or want examples let us know.