Are you considering adding global variables?

I can see how it might be useful to support 16 to 24 global variables (V1-V16) that can be accept either integers or text strings or even other variables, which can then be attached to any element (standard or custom).

Examples of how variables could be useful:

1) simulating a user session such as a login. A login screen can capture a username and password and pass them to other pages and then take action based on these such as displaying a username on each page or only showing content if a user is determined to be logged in.

2) performing various actions based on the contents of a variable. This might mean only showing certain content is the value of a variable is 1 (true) or 0 (false) or “Paid” or “Not Paid”

3) Inserting the contents of a variable into other elements such as a Text element called “Foo” + V1 for simulating dynamic output.

4) Variables can support simple calculations such as V1=25 and V2=50 so V3=V1+V2 or 75. This could allow for the output of calculations (common in many types of applications) to appear in simulations for when one is simulating a loan or summing up the totals of a column.

Initially, variables could just support basic math like + * – and / and ( ) but perhaps latter other operators.

This feature would be a natural evolution of the product since ForeUI already supports IF-THEN and FOR LOOP and WHILE LOOP type constructs.

Thoughts?

Thank you.