# Global Variable Default Value

**URL:** <https://forum.servoy.com/t/global-variable-default-value/3830>\
**Category:** Classic Servoy\
**Created:** [March 9, 2005, 5:49pm UTC](https://forum.servoy.com/t/global-variable-default-value/3830 "2005-03-09T17:49:06Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 3\
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**Author:** ![mattp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/4da419/32.png) [@mattp](https://forum.servoy.com/u/mattp)\
**Post date:** [March 9, 2005, 5:49pm UTC](https://forum.servoy.com/t/global-variable-default-value/3830/1 "2005-03-09T17:49:06Z")

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Another newby question, when setting a default value for a global variable can I use calculations?

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**Author:** ![Jan\_Aleman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/4af34b/32.png) [@Jan\_Aleman](https://forum.servoy.com/u/Jan_Aleman)\
**Post date:** [March 9, 2005, 5:57pm UTC](https://forum.servoy.com/t/global-variable-default-value/3830/2 "2005-03-09T17:57:14Z")

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in that case use a startup method to set the global

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**Author:** ![patrick](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/b2d939/32.png) [@patrick](https://forum.servoy.com/u/patrick)\
**Post date:** [March 9, 2005, 5:57pm UTC](https://forum.servoy.com/t/global-variable-default-value/3830/3 "2005-03-09T17:57:27Z")

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no. You have to do that via a method.