Public

Used at module level to declare public variables and allocate storage space.

Syntax

Public varname[([subscripts])][, varname[([subscripts])]] . . .

The Public statement syntax has these parts:

Part Description

varname Name of the variable; follows standard variable naming conventions.

Part	Description
varname	Name of the variable; follows standard variable naming conventions.
subscripts	Dimensions of an array variable; up to 60 multiple dimensions may be declared. The subscripts argument uses the following syntax: `upper [, upper] . . .` The lower bound of an array is always zero.

subscripts

Dimensions of an array variable; up to 60 multiple dimensions may be declared. The subscripts argument uses the following syntax:

upper [, upper] . . .

The lower bound of an array is always zero.

Remarks

Variables declared using the Public statement are available to all procedures in all forms in all projects.

A variable that refers to an object must be assigned an existing object using the Set statement before it can be used. Until it is assigned an object, the declared object variable has the special value Nothing.