Global variable not changing on return from linked control app

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#1

From a form app, I’m linking to a control app.

[var] is set to zero from the menu app (onExecute). Inside the form I do not set it. I log the value in the db in onLoad and it shows as zero.

Control app has 2 buttons - Cancel and OK. Either button returns to the form app but clicking ok sets the global variable [var] = 1 in onValidateSuccess. Here too I log the value in the db and it shows 1.

The control app exits on clicking OK, automatically returning to the form app (without passing thru the menu app of course) but from the onLoad, the value logged shows zero instead of 1 just set.

In both forms I checked “session” only as scope and “in” as type.

I expect it to reference the same [var] global but it seems to have one copy for each app.

How do I get the desired behaviour?

#2

Put a video screen recorder to understand better

#3

You might be encountering an issue where a global variable’s value isn’t updating after returning from a linked control application.

Ensure that the variable is properly scoped and that any changes made in the control app are correctly propagated back to the main application’s scope. Double-check the communication flow and any asynchronous operations that might affect the variable’s state upon return.