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Re: How do I re-use a procedure?

• Posted by "Michelle Rogers" <michellerogers at bellsouth.net> Nov 25, 2003
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pssss..*whispers, "Hey, Ron"*  maybe that's because some things were
simplified so much that they don't function as well anymore?  *grins*  like
forward referencing functions?

MICHELLE ROGERS
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From: "Ron Austin" <ronaustin at alltel.net>
To: <EUforum at topica.com>
Subject: Re: How do I re-use a procedure?


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> >From: Ron Austin <ronaustin at alltel.net>=0D
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> >Subject: How do I re-use a procedure?=0D
> >Date: Tue, 25 Nov 2003 15:42:47 +0000=0D
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> >Seems like today is the day for my procedures not to work. I have a=0D
> >procedure (shown below) which I use to populate a listview control. It=0D
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> >procedure Print_to_Screen( integer self, integer even, sequence parms)=0D
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> >setHandler(MenuP_Scn, w32HClick, routine_id( "Print_to_Screen" ))=0D
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> >I want to use this procedure a second time in another part of my program=
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> >Print_to_Screen (MenuP_Scn, w32HClick,"")=0D
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> >I get the error "Print_to_Screen" not declared". What's wrong? I have=0D
> >used this technique before=0D
> >without a problem, but I'm obviously missing something here.=0D
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> >=3D=3D Mr Trick wrote =3D=3D=0D
> I'm guessing you're using the IDE here, but it doesn't really matter.=0D
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> What has happened is that the place you are calling the procedure from is
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> invokeHandler(MenuP_Scn, w32HClick)=0D
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> This takes care of any code location issues, and is more robust, cause if
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> you change the name "Print_to_Screen" to something else, you don't have to
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> Thank you for the tip about how Euphoria looks for procedures.  I reversed
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> When I tried to change it to invokeHandler(MenuP_Scn, w32HClick), however,
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> syntax error - expected to see possibly 'end', not a function=0D
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> For a "simple" language, I am sure having a job getting it to work, but
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