[Closed] recovering data using custAttributes.getDefData

I have a piece of code that retrieves data I placed on an attribute holder using ‘setDefData’:

  fr = custAttributes.getDefs $.modifiers[1]
 
	 T = custAttributes.getDefData fr[1];
   ctrlstring = with printallelements on "CtrlsTotalPositions ="
 
	 ctrlstring+= with printallelements on (T as string);
	   execute ctrlstring;
	  CtrlsTotalPositions;
 

which gives me an array (CtrlsTotalPositions) I can use. It works fine during a session, however whenever I reboot max I get an error saying the array is empty, even tho a check on the cust. attributes shows that the actual string data is still sitting there…very frustrating. What’s going on? Thnx in advance.