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You can specify a number of settings that apply to your entire application, including table handling defaults, use of .INI files, global variables, template extensions, list box formats, keyboard redirection, control focus, visual styles, and embedded source code. These "global" settings are done primarily through the Application **Properties **tab and** Actions **dialog.

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**Global Template Settings**

The prompts on the **Global Properties** tabs are provided by the Application Template.

See //Global Properties// in the core help for a detailed description of each of these prompts.

The tabs in the Application Editor** **(**Embeds**, and **Extensions**) are provided by the Application Generator, and are described in this section.

**Global Data and Variables**

Global data must be declared before the CODE statement in your PROGRAM module. There are several ways to accomplish this with the Clarion environment. You can declare global data in the data dictionary (see [[lesson 2 table properties.htm|Dictionary Editor'File Properties]]); you can declare global data with the **Data / Tables Pad**; and you can declare global data with the **Embeds** tab in the Application Editor (embed data declarations in a data section embed point'see the [[lesson 15 customizing the application source embeds.htm|Embedded Source Code]] topic).

**Data Dictionary global data**

Declares global data that can be shared by several applications. Because it is declared with the //Column Properties// dialog, you can specify controls and properties to apply to the data each time you populate them on your application's windows and reports.

**Data / Tables Pad Global Data**

Declares global data for a single application. Because it is declared with the //Column Properties// dialog, you can specify controls and properties to apply to the data each time you populate them on your application's windows and reports.

**Application Editor Embeds tab**

Declares global data for a single application with free form source code.

To access the //Global Properties// dialog, go to the //Application Tree// dialog and select the **Properties** tab.

To add global variables, select the Global Data section and press the **Add** button in the //Data / Tables Pad//.

__**To add a new variable to the list ' Data / Tables Pad**__

1.Select the Global Data section, and press the **Add** button.

2.Fill in the //Column Properties// dialog.

The //Column Properties //dialog is the same dialog used to add a column to the Data Dictionary. You can set all the characteristics of the variable, including the data type, length, label, etc. in this dialog. See [[lesson 3 column properties.htm|Dictionary Editor'Adding or Modifying Columns]].

3.Press the **OK** button to close the //Column Properties// dialog.

The //Column Properties// dialog appears. Press **Cancel** to stop adding new columns.

__**To change the data type or label of a global variable**__

1.Select the Data / Tables Pad, and highlight the variable in the //Global Data// section.

2.Press the **Change** button.

3.Make any changes necessary in the //Edit Column Properties// dialog then press **OK**.

__**To reposition a global variable**__

1.In the Data / Tables Pad, to move a variable up in the list, highlight it, and then drag it up or down as needed.

**Global Embed Points**

The global embed points are provided by the Application Template. See Global ABC Embed Points in the Template Guide for more information on these embed points.

To access these embed points, press the **Embeds** tab in the //Application Editor// dialog. As with any embed point, you can write your own custom code, call a procedure, or use a code template. The Application Generator, when generating code, places your code or calls your procedure at the next source code line following the point you pick from the //Embedded Source// dialog. See the [[lesson 15 customizing the application source embeds.htm|Embedded Source Code]] topic for more information on adding embedded source code to your application.

**Global Extensions**

The **Global** **Extensions** tab in the //Application Editor// lets you add Extension templates to your application. Extension templates generate a variety of task oriented source code statements at one or more preset locations as needed to accomplish the extension task.

Templates that you may use in your application are listed. Refer to the Template Guide in the core help for a description of these templates.

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