IPB_Session interface:

GetGlobalVarID method

Description

Returns the internal ID of a global variable.

Syntax

GetGlobalVarID(LPCTSTR <span>name</span>)

1	GetGlobalVarID(LPCTSTR <span>name</span>)

Argument	Description
name	The name of the global variable in lowercase

Return Values

pbfieldID or null on
failure.

Examples

This example gets the internal identifier of a long variable
and uses it to get and set a global variable:

fid = session -&gt; <span>GetGlobalVarID</span>("l_gvar");<br>l_val = session -&gt; GetLongGlobalVar(fid, isNull);<br>session -&gt; SetLongGlobalVar(fid, l_val + 1);

1	fid = session -> <span>GetGlobalVarID</span>("l_gvar");<br>l_val = session -> GetLongGlobalVar(fid, isNull);<br>session -> SetLongGlobalVar(fid, l_val + 1);

August 13, 2023

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