Using return in a command script

[Peter M. Brigham]

Keep in mind that you can use the dialogData to return values from command handlers, or function handlers for that matter:

   …
   set the dialogData to “false”
end myHandler

— Peter

Peter M. Brigham
pmbrig at gmail.com


> On Oct 27, 2016, at 10:31 AM, Bob Sneidar <bobsneidar at iotecdigital.com> wrote:
> 
> Thanks Monte. I've come to see that returning a value from a built in message handler is a no go.
> 
> Bob S
> 
> 
> On Oct 26, 2016, at 16:36 , Monte Goulding <monte at appisle.net<mailto:monte at appisle.net>> wrote:
> 
> OK, just to make sure I understand you I’ll summarise in code:
> 
> on openCard
>  go card “database setup”
>  if the result is false then
>     — database setup failed
>  end if
> end openCard
> 
> — database setup card script
> on openCard
>  — do stuff
>  return stuffFailed
> end openCard
> 
> If ^ is what you are doing then no it won’t work. The result after the go command is an error message if it failed rather than anything returned by openCard.
> 
> Cheers
> 
> Monte
> 
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