SHARED gives procedures access to module-level variables. STATIC makes a variable local to a function or procedure and preserves its value between calls. SHARED variable[()] [AS type] [,variable[()] [AS type]]... STATIC variable[()] [AS type] [,variable[()] [AS type]]... - variable The name of the module-level variable to share or variable to make static. Variable names can consist of up to 40 characters and must begin with a letter. Valid characters are A-Z, 0-9, and period (.). - AS type Declares the data type of the variable (INTEGER, LONG, SINGLE, DOUBLE, STRING, or a user-defined type). Example: The program REMLINE.BAS illustrates using the SHARED and STATIC statements. To view or run this program, load REMLINE.BAS using the Open command from the File menu. See Also