Value of function from a group NOT in the message path

[Dar Scott]

On Jun 15, 2004, at 11:20 PM, Troy Rollins wrote:

> I understand the getProp approach... and admit to not having 
> considered it, but for the purpose of enlightenment, what is the send 
> syntax when a return value is desired?

Untested:

-- button a
on mouseUp
    send "getDatum" to button b
    put the result
end mouseUp

-- button b
on getDatum
   return 5
end getDatum

This does not work "in time".  In that case the result is the message 
id.

Dar Scott