MDI Variables

I have an MDI application.  This application has a window
of type TExplain_Graph.  I will allow the user to open as many of these windows as they want.  Each window will have a set of variables.  For this example (see code below), assume one variable called StatusFlag.  Any routine associated with this form needs to be able to access StatusFlag.

The problem I am running into is that EACH COPY OF THIS FORM will have it's own variables, with the same name, but with different values.

This is NOT the behavious that I am seeing.  

Let's walk through a sample.  I initially set the value of StatusFlag on FormCreate.  When I first enter FormCreate, StatusFlag is null, or empty.  I set the value in the routine.

If I then open a second copy of the window, then when I get to the FormCreate, the StatusFlag has the same value that was set by the First copy of the window.  VARIABLES ARE BEING SHARED BETWEEN WINDOWS.  This is not what I want.

Here's a copy of how I have the variable defined:
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unit Explain_Graph_Form;

interface

uses
  Windows, Messages, SysUtils, Classes, Graphics, Controls, Forms, Dialogs,
  ...

type
  TExplain_Graph = class(TForm)
    ...

  private
    { Private declarations }
  public
    { Public declarations }
  end;

var {Global}
  Explain_Graph: TExplain_Graph;

implementation

uses SQL_Form, Oracle_DataMod1, Main, DataModStuff;

var {Local}
   StatusFlag : String;

{$R *.DFM}



procedure TExplain_Graph.FormCreate(Sender: TObject);

begin
StatusFlag := 'Level1';
end;

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How do I define StatusFlag so that:
1).  Within each COPY of a window, any routine can access the variable.
2).  Each copy of the window has the same "set" of variables, but different values

Thanks
George Spears