CONSOLE OUTPUT FROM TEST PROGRAM
Variable "$RunBegDate" becomes undefined in F2 hotkey code

F1 reads an object in my application - the F1 code works fine and the variable outputs to console
F2 is intended to read other data, and also use the variable "$RunBegDate" created in the "F1 code"
BUT, when entering the F2 code, "$RunBegDate" is flagged as undeclared variable

My Application is not required to observe this issue - The hot key F1 will read whatever happens to be at the defined coordinates - Below I executed F1 then F2 on a blank desktop



>"C:\Program Files (x86)\AutoIt3\SciTE\AutoIt3Wrapper\AutoIt3Wrapper.exe" /run /prod /ErrorStdOut /in "F:\AutoIt Scripts\UI Data Capture Issue.au3" /UserParams    
+>07:21:47 Starting AutoIt3Wrapper v.14.801.2025.0 SciTE v.3.4.4.0   Keyboard:00000409  OS:WIN_7/Service Pack 1  CPU:X64 OS:X64    Environment(Language:0409)
+>         SciTEDir => C:\Program Files (x86)\AutoIt3\SciTE   UserDir => C:\Users\Doug\AppData\Local\AutoIt v3\SciTE\AutoIt3Wrapper   SCITE_USERHOME => C:\Users\Doug\AppData\Local\AutoIt v3\SciTE 
>Running AU3Check (3.3.12.0)  from:C:\Program Files (x86)\AutoIt3  input:F:\AutoIt Scripts\UI Data Capture Issue.au3
+>07:21:47 AU3Check ended.rc:0
>Running:(3.3.12.0):C:\Program Files (x86)\AutoIt3\autoit3_x64.exe "F:\AutoIt Scripts\UI Data Capture Issue.au3"    
--> Press Ctrl+Alt+Break to Restart or Ctrl+Break to Stop
*******RUN BEGINNING DATE*******  = Desktop
"F:\AutoIt Scripts\UI Data Capture Issue.au3" (126) : ==> Variable used without being declared.:
ConsoleWrite("*******RUN BEGINNING DATE, entering RunEnd code*******  = " & $RunBegDate & @CRLF)
ConsoleWrite("*******RUN BEGINNING DATE, entering RunEnd code*******  = " & ^ ERROR
->07:21:51 AutoIt3.exe ended.rc:1
+>07:21:51 AutoIt3Wrapper Finished.
>Exit code: 1    Time: 4.527