User's Guide

Scope rules

The unmanaged namespace
Global variables and pools defined in the unmanaged namespace have no enforced visibility restrictions.

A managed namespace
The scope rules for referencing classes, application variables, and pools that are defined in a managed namespace honor the prerequisite relationship between applications.

Within application A, the following names are visible:

Within application A, the following names are not visible:

The names of classes, pools, and application variables can be referenced only if they have the following characteristics:

These scope rules apply for all names, including the names of the following entities:

Out-of-scope references in applications are found by selecting Query > Out Of Scope References from the Tools menu of the Transcript. Out-of-scope references generate warnings, which are logged to the Transcript.


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