How to call a function is a Group???

[Graham Samuel]

The trouble with Devin's solution is that it doesn't actually supply  
the result of the function. From the RunRev docs:

> You use the value function to call a function that's in the script of  
> an object that isn't in the message path. Usually, you can only call  
> custom functions that are somewhere in the message path, but you can  
> use the value function to call any function in any object in an open  
> stack.
>
> For example, suppose you want to use a function named "myFunction"  
> which is defined in the script of card 1 of a stack named "My Stack".  
> The following statement can be used to call the function from any  
> script or from the message box:
>
>   get value("myFunction()",card 1 of stack "My Stack")
>
>   Tip:  You can use the insert script command to place the object in  
> the message path. In this case, you don't need to use the value  
> function.

HTH

Graham

On Thu, 14 Apr 2005 14:48:40 -0600, Devin Asay <devin_asay at byu.edu>  
wrote:
> Dave,
>
> If this is a function you have to put the function call in the proper
> format:
>
>   get initializeGroup() --() are required even if the function doesn't
> require an argument.
>
> If you are trying to call this function from outside of the group,
> i.e., from an object outside of the group's message hierarchy, the
> situation is my complicated:
>
>   send "get initializeGroup()" to group "mygrp"
>
> Devin
>
> On Apr 14, 2005, at 12:56 PM, David Burgun wrote:
>
>> Hi,
>>
>> I have a group ("myGroup") and in the script for the group I have a
>> function:
>>
>> function InitializeGroup
>>
>> end InitializeGroup
>>
>>
>>
>> Then in another object not in the group, I have:
>>
>> get InitializeGroup of group "myGroup"
>>
>> But I get an error on the call, what am I doing wrong?
>>
>> Thanks in advance
>> Dave
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>>
> Devin Asay
> Humanities Technology and Research Support Center
> Brigham Young University

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