Makes the current object reference a particular global.

Arguments

Name	Type	Required	Default	Description
globalName	string	Yes	-	The name of the desired global.
subscripts	array	Yes	-	An array of subscripts. May be empty to address the root node of the global.
atomic	boolean	No	true	If true, any call to getObject() or setObject() will be guarded with MUMPS incremental locks.
lockTimeout	numeric	No	5	The number of seconds after which atomic operations will fail if a lock is not successfully acquired. Applies only if the "atomic" argument is true.

Return Value

Returns a component, which is an instance of lib.cfmumps.global. This facilitates method chaining.

Code Block

glob = createObject("component", "lib.cfmumps.global");
glob.open("VA", [200]);

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