New to the coding environment is the support of typed variables.  In previous version the variables were only declared as local, global and public. The variable was never defined as character, integer, long, or short.  The Visual release offers the option of defining the variable as a integer and as a string.

In previous versions the variable was flexible and could be of any type. To treat the variable as a particular type, the developer would use functions such as str and int.  Now with typed variables the variable can be defined as a particular type.

In addition to integer and string, the AS command can be used to create custom typed variables.  This is a method of grouping or relating variable to each other.  Please refer to documentation for further assistance.

1.

local foo As String

versus previous versions

local foo

str(foo)

2.

local FirstName AS CUSTOMER

local Address AS CUSTOMER

String variables have the following character limitations:

String Variable                 65534

Parsed Constant String      65534

Unbound TextBox             32767