How to call a function is a Group???

[Devin Asay]

On Apr 14, 2005, at 4:07 PM, Graham Samuel wrote:

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

Actally, in my example, the function's result would be put into the  
'it' variable.

DNA
>
>> 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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Devin Asay
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Brigham Young University