using GLOBAL variable?

[pungentSapling]

I want to have a form"switchboard" that determines what "mode" another form will load in.
So I need a flag variable that will determine whether the user clicked the VIEW ONLY button or the ADD button.
In the past I have declared this variable as Global in a seperate module. example "dim addMode as boolean" And then assigned true or false to the variable depending on which button was clicked.
Then I call the appropriate mode on form load based on the value of the variable.
if addMode = false then
call viewOnly........
I just want to know if there is a better way to do this. Do I need the seperate module with the Global variable or is there a better way?

confused?
thanks
p

 

[RichMorrison]

Yes, there is a better way.

See Access help for "Property" procedures.

RichM

 

[Oldsoftboss]

You can declare variable in any module I think. Access seems to find them. I use Public YourVariable as Variant.
The variant may change depending on the type - variant,string,integer, etc