13. Building Applications : The Globals Submenu of the Edit an Application Frame : Edit a Global Variable Definition Frame : Edit a Global Variable Definition
 
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Edit a Global Variable Definition
You can change the features of an existing global variable with the Edit a Global Variable Definition frame.
To edit a global variable definition
1. Select the Edit menu item from the Edit Global Variables frame to display the Edit a Global Variable frame.
The Name field is display only. You cannot change this here.
2. In the required Data Type field, enter the name of any
Ingres data type or any record type defined for this application.
3. The next field is either the Nullable or the Array field, depending on the data type you enter. For more information, see The Edit a Global Variable Definition Frame section.
4. You can modify the optional Short Remark here.
5. You can enter or view more detailed information about the global variable by selecting the LongRemark menu operation. This displays the LongRemark pop-up, shown in the following figure:
Constants and Record Types have similar LongRemark pop-ups.