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<title id="tit" localize="false" xml-lang="en-US">GlobalScope</title>
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<created date="2003-10-31T00:00:00">Sun Microsystems, Inc.</created>
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<section id="globalscope">
<bookmark xml-lang="en-US" branch="index" id="bm_id3150682"><bookmark_value>GlobalScope specifier</bookmark_value>
<bookmark_value>library systems</bookmark_value>
<bookmark_value>Library container</bookmark_value>
<bookmark_value>GlobalScope</bookmark_value>
<bookmark_value>API; BasicLibraries</bookmark_value>
<bookmark_value>API; DialogLibraries</bookmark_value>
<bookmark_value>BasicLibraries; library container</bookmark_value>
<bookmark_value>DialogLibraries; library container</bookmark_value>
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<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id991572457387308">To manage personal or shared library containers (<emph>Application Macros</emph> or <emph>My Macros</emph>) from within a document, use the <literal>GlobalScope</literal> specifier.</paragraph>
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<section id="basicdialogs">
    <paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3153345" xml-lang="en-US">Basic source code and dialogs are organized in library containers. Libraries can contain modules and dialogs.</paragraph>
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<h2 id="hd_id3143271">In Basic:</h2>
<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3153061" xml-lang="en-US">Basic libraries and modules can be managed with the <literal>BasicLibraries</literal> object. Libraries can be searched, explored and loaded on request. <link href="text/sbasic/python/python_document_events.xhp">Monitoring Documents Events</link> illustrates %PRODUCTNAME library loading.</paragraph>
<h2 id="hd_id3154346">In dialogs:</h2>
<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3148663" xml-lang="en-US">Dialog libraries and dialogs can be managed with the  <literal>DialogLibraries</literal> object. <link href="text/sbasic/guide/show_dialog.xhp">Opening a Dialog With Basic</link> illustrates how to display %PRODUCTNAME shared dialogs.</paragraph>
<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3150543" xml-lang="en-US"><literal>BasicLibraries</literal> and <literal>DialogLibraries</literal> containers exist at application level and within every document. Document's library containers do not need the <literal>GlobalScope</literal> specifier to be managed. If you want to call a global library container (located in <emph>Application Macros</emph> or <emph>My Macros</emph>) from within a document, you must use the <literal>GlobalScope</literal> specifier.</paragraph>
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<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3154124" xml-lang="en-US">Example in the document Basic</paragraph>
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    <paragraph role="bascode" id="par_id3158408" xml-lang="en-US">' calling Dialog1 in the document library Standard</paragraph>
    <paragraph role="bascode" localize="false" id="par_id3125865" xml-lang="en-US">oDlgDesc = DialogLibraries.Standard.Dialog1</paragraph>
    <paragraph role="bascode" id="par_id3154910" xml-lang="en-US">' calling Dialog2 in the application library Library1</paragraph>
    <paragraph role="bascode" localize="false" id="par_id3156424" xml-lang="en-US">oDlgDesc = GlobalScope.DialogLibraries.Library1.Dialog2</paragraph>
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