Common Variables Between Programs

[Mike Green9]

Hi. (Running under ubuntu 20.04)
I'm trying to chain variables between 2 programs in quickbasic:

Program1:

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' Prog1
COMMON SHARED YY$
YY$ = "Hello20"
LINE INPUT ; "Hit cr "; M$
CHAIN "Prog2"

Program 2:

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' Prog2
COMMON YY$
PRINT "Prog2 Year: ", YY$
LINE INPUT ; "cr", M$
STOP

If I run Prog1.bas and it chains to Prog2.bas, It works i.e Prog2 sees the value of YY$.

If I compile both programs, and execute Prog1, Prog2 NEVER sees the variable in YY$ - it's a null.

Can Anyone Help?
Thanks,
M....

[Peter Swinkels]

I tried this once and had the same issue. I found this in Quick Basic 4.5's help:

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  Note: To use COMMON with CHAIN when you are compiling outside the
        BASIC environment, you must use the BRUN45.EXE module. This
        module is used when you compile from the command line without
        the /O option or when you use the option from the Make EXE
        dialog box called 'EXE Requiring BRUN45.EXE.
 

[Mike Green9]

Thank You.
M....

[Peter Swinkels]

You're welcome!