The imported text files don't normally have public or even private
variables, although they could have.
I think I will go with may latest reply to Peter T's post.

RBS

"Vasant Nanavati" <vasantn *AT* aol *DOT* com> wrote in message
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> "RB Smissaert" <bartsmissaert@blueyonder.co.uk> wrote in message
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>> In fact checking all the variables doesn't even catch everything as there
>> could be wrongly
>> named functions and/or subs.
>
> This is the core of the problem and I don't think it has a satisfactory
> solution. Unfortunately you are working in the dark.
>
> I wonder if there might be a way of importing not just the sub but also
> all
> globally declared variables. That might alleviate the problem.
>
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> Vasant
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