Question about using script library

Question

Dear Mavens,
I am writing a script that has lots of predefined text items because it deals with reprocessing certain javascript files.
Here is an example from the beginning of the script (with the actual javascript code mangled because it seems to mess up the display):
set sdinTXTcf_imgsrc to "<i_mg src=dfaasfaf"<P>
set sdinTXTcf_onload to " onLoad="p_arent.frames[1].readystate(sfsafasfads"
set sdinTXTcf_inBetween to "</d_iv>');
} else {
parent.frames[0].document.write('<div align="c_enter"><img src=\""
this section is now getting quite long and I thought of putting it into an external file. What I was hoping to do is to load all these "set this to that" commands into my script then use them as if they had been defined in it.
The following is a toy script to demonstrate my problem.
I wrote a mini library which ilooks thusly:
set var1 to "VAR1"
set var22 to "VAR22"
set var333 to "VAR333"
Then a mini script that calls the mini library:
load script file "whatever:toylib.scpt"
get var1
The result is
tell current application
load script file "whatever:toyscript.scpt"
set var1 to "VAR1"
set var22 to "VAR22"
set var333 to "VAR333"
"The variable var1 is not defined."
setting up var1 as global does not help either, either in the scrip or in the library
Now, I can set up the mini library script as a subroutine to be called, such as
on toy()
set var1 to "VAR1"
set var22 to "VAR22"
set var333 to "VAR333"
return {v1:var1, v22:var22, v333:var333}
end toy
and in the main scipt I can do a
set loaded to load script file "whatever:toylib.scpt"
tell loaded
set var1 to v1 of toy()
end tell
get var1
which works but it is actually more cumbersome than simply having to scroll down dozens of lines of code on the top of the script.
I'm sure I'm missing somethig here, your help will be appreaciated
  Mac OS X (10.4.8)  

Answer 1

Hi Asu,
There are several ways to do this. The easiest is to
use properties. Your script library might look like
this:
property var1 : "VAR1"
property var22 : "VAR22"
property var333 : "VAR333"
You might load it and get values like this as an
example:
set f to choose file -- the script to load
set s_lib to load script f
var22 of s_lib
Note that this is not the only syntax.
When you do things like 'set' in the script library,
you need to run the loaded script or subroutines
within it.
gl,
It worked. THANKS!