Are they really global tags?

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2002


It keeps the original formatting.
numero = 41610
interpreted = N
texte = I just did a test. What I learned is surprising. The following global tags can be eaasily overridden simply by setting them to text variables:[Date] [ElapsedTime] [FreeMemory] [LastRandom] [Platform] [Product] [Random] [Time] [ValidCard] [Version]Isn't the whole idea behind global tags that they will *always* produce the value described in the docs -- thus the term GLOBAL tags?If so, then why can I override these values with a simple [text] variable assignment? Sincerely, Kenneth Grome--------------------------------------------------- WebDNA Professional Training and Development Center 175 J. Llorente Street +63 (32) 255-6921 Cebu City, Cebu 6000 kengrome@webdna.net Philippines http://www.webdna.net ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- This message is sent to you because you are subscribed to the mailing list . To unsubscribe, E-mail to: To switch to the DIGEST mode, E-mail to Web Archive of this list is at: http://search.smithmicro.com/ Associated Messages, from the most recent to the oldest:

    
  1. Re: Are they really global tags? (John Hill 2002)
  2. Re: Are they really global tags? (Bob Minor 2002)
  3. Re: Are they really global tags? (Robert Wade 2002)
  4. Re: Are they really global tags? (Dan Strong 2002)
  5. Re: Are they really global tags? (Brian Fries 2002)
  6. Re: Are they really global tags? (Kenneth Grome 2002)
  7. Are they really global tags? (Kenneth Grome 2002)
I just did a test. What I learned is surprising. The following global tags can be eaasily overridden simply by setting them to text variables:[date] [elapsedtime] [freememory] [LastRandom] [platform] [Product] [random] [time] [validcard] [version]Isn't the whole idea behind global tags that they will *always* produce the value described in the docs -- thus the term GLOBAL tags?If so, then why can I override these values with a simple [text] variable assignment? Sincerely, Kenneth Grome--------------------------------------------------- WebDNA Professional Training and Development Center 175 J. Llorente Street +63 (32) 255-6921 Cebu City, Cebu 6000 kengrome@webdna.net Philippines http://www.webdna.net ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- This message is sent to you because you are subscribed to the mailing list . To unsubscribe, E-mail to: To switch to the DIGEST mode, E-mail to Web Archive of this list is at: http://search.smithmicro.com/ Kenneth Grome

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