Call a script from within another?

[Andrew Warner]

Hi all,
is there a method to call a script (e.g. jscript, javascript or vbscript) from within another script. This might have been touched on with the thread about libraries of VBScripts but I couldn't see an answer to this question.

Cheers,
Andrew.
P.S. One use is so I can set up the elusive enums as vars in a central place, rather than having to copy subsets to every script.

[mrf]

You can use !INC to include other scripts within your current script.

The syntax is

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!INC [Script Group Name].[Script Name]
This has the same effect as a #include where the code from the included script is injected into the current script when it is loaded into the script engine. You should then be able to call functions belonging to the included script from the base script.

Example

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!INC Some Group.My Script To Include
var result = FunctionFromOtherScript();

Note that you can only include scripts that are written in the same language as your base script.

[Andrew Warner]

Hi all,
sorry about the late addition to this thread but is it true that you can't use the !INC construct to call scripts in an MDG technology group?

I have a bunch of scripts that I've split up and call using !INC. I developed them in a development model and have published them with the MDG technology.

Now the !INC statements seem to crash. The error is

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Expected ';', Line: 1

By the way, the scripts run fine in the development model where I prepare the MDG technology.

I would rather not have to duplicate the scripts in the modelling model since I might want to use them in several, which will all use the MDG technology.

Cheers,
Andrew.

[mrf]

Hi Andrew,

I'd send a bug report through to Sparx Systems support about that one. If you can include an example technology that reproduces the problem we'll have a look at what's going wrong.

[Andrew Warner]

Thanks Michael but it looks like a PEBKAC. (Problem Exists Between Keyboard And Chair).

I had another !INC in one of the INCed scripts and I hadn't changed the group in that one.

Sorry for the inconvenience.

[mrf]

Thanks Michael but it looks like a PEBKAC.

I think it's called a "Carbon Based Error" in the industry parlance. No problems, glad to hear you're on your way again  8-)