Joël, Check out the CALL and the VALUE commands. I believe CALL may do what you're describing.
-Chipp > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of Joël Guillod > Sent: Monday, July 07, 2003 12:00 PM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: Re: Equivalence to the SuperCard function call "via" object > > > I am trying to do what Supercard do with the function...via. That > is I want > that the function is evaluated by the script of the specified object. > > E.g.: > > In Supercard you can write : > > put getSomeData(1,the date,tMyVar,tAnOtherVar) via btn "MyButton" of \ > cd 10 of stack "someStack" into tMyResult > > How to translate that into rev? > > -- does not work: > send "get getSomeData(1,the date,tMyVar,tAnOtherVar)" to \ > btn "MyButton" of cd 10 of stack "someStack" into tMyResult > put it into tMyResult > > -- does not work or dont give the expected result: > get value("getSomeData(1,the date,tMyVar,tAnOtherVar)", \ > btn "MyButton" of cd 10 of stack "someStack") > put it into tMyResult > > -- work around but not elegant: > -- getSomeData is no more a function but a handler... > call "getSomeData "1,the date,tMyVar,tAnOtherVar" of \ > btn "MyButton" of cd 10 of stack "someStack" > put the result into tMyResult > > Of course, putting the script of the target object in the message path is > some other possibility but I would exclude this for implementation reason. > > Maybe the "function via object" a feature for the wish list? > > Or did I miss something? > > Joel > > > Message: 9 > > Date: Sat, 5 Jul 2003 06:40:44 -0700 > > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > From: "Jeanne A. E. DeVoto" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > Subject: Re: Equivalence to the SuperCard function call "via" object > > Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > At 1:30 AM -0700 7/5/03, Joël Guillod wrote: > >>>> Is there an equivalent to the following Supercard statement? > >>>> > >>>> functionName([paramList]) via object > >> > >> YES I did but it does not behave as described in the docs, > only the "me" > >> keyword is related to the optional object param. > > > > > > What exactly are you trying to do? > > > > -- > > Jeanne A. E. DeVoto ~ [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Runtime Revolution Limited - Software at the Speed of Thought > > http://www.runrev.com/ > > _______________________________________________ > use-revolution mailing list > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-revolution _______________________________________________ use-revolution mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-revolution
