[gnormhurst]

I think you'll need to declare that int as 'static' -- otherwise it won't be remembered from one cycle to the next:

static int count = 0;

Also, if you want to declare it in one place and increment it in another you will need to declare it as global, which means outside of all functions:

// this is global:
static int count = 0;

User_Initialization()
{
  static int anotherCount = 0;  // this is local to this function, 
                                         // and cannot be seen outside of
                                         // this fuction.

  
  count++;  // okay
  anotherCount++;  // okay
  
}

anotherFunctionInTheSameFile()
{
  count++;  // okay -- it's global
  anotherCount++;  // won't compile
}