Equivalence to the SuperCard function call "via" object

Richard Gaskin ambassador at fourthworld.com
Sat Jul 5 11:49:00 EDT 2003


Joël Guillod wrote:

>>> Is there an equivalent to the following Supercard statement?
>>> 
>>> functionName([paramList]) via object
>>> 
>>> I tried the "value()", "send", "call", "do" expressions in RR but do not get
>>> the intended results.
>> 
>> The "value" function has an optional object param which lets it behave like
>> SuperCard's "via", if memory serves about how "via" works.
> 
> YES I did but it does not behave as described in the docs, only the "me"
> keyword is related to the optional object param.

I don't understand this.  If it only supported "me" it would not be needed
at all.  But I can assure you it works with other object descriptors as
well.   What code were you using that brought unexpected results?

-- 
 Richard Gaskin 
 Fourth World Media Corporation
 Developer of WebMerge 2.2: Publish any database on any site
 ___________________________________________________________
 Ambassador at FourthWorld.com       http://www.FourthWorld.com
 Tel: 323-225-3717                       AIM: FourthWorldInc




More information about the use-livecode mailing list