Well, assuming your are really calling this as a routine rather than external command, just use the return instruction like you normally would. Any object can be passed back as a return result, not just strings (which are also "just objects").
Rick On Sun, Jan 25, 2009 at 2:25 PM, rob...@garrettfamily.us <rob...@garrettfamily.us> wrote: > (Apologies in advance if I've sent this to an inappropriate list) > > Is it possible to pass an instance of an object from an externally called > routine back to the parent routine? If so, how? > > Example: > Assume two separate REXX routines (separate files): MAIN.rex and > LOGGER.rex. > I'd like to be able to, from MAIN, call LOGGER (passing it a file name), and > have LOGGER create an instance of a stream object, open the file, and then > pass the stream object back to MAIN at which point MAIN would be able to use > the stream object to write to the file (or perhaps pass it to other external > routines that would also be able to use it). > I'm already doing this with LOGGER being a routine that is part of MAIN > (both located in the same file), but I want to be able to break LOGGER out > into a separate file. > > Is this possible? > > I've been writing and using REXX for many years in the mainframe environment > so I'm quite familiar with the core language, but the facilities of ooREXX > are still somewhat new to me. > > Thanks, > > Robert Garrett > > "A human being should be able to change a diaper, > plan an invasion, butcher a hog, conn a ship, > design a building, write a sonnet, build a wall, > set a bone, comfort the dying, take orders, > give orders, cooperate, act alone, pitch manure, > solve equations, analyze a new problem, > program a computer, cook a tasty meal, > fight efficiently, and die gallantly. > Specialization is for insects." - Robert A. Heinlein > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ > This SF.net email is sponsored by: > SourcForge Community > SourceForge wants to tell your story. > http://p.sf.net/sfu/sf-spreadtheword > _______________________________________________ > Oorexx-users mailing list > Oorexx-users@lists.sourceforge.net > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/oorexx-users > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ This SF.net email is sponsored by: SourcForge Community SourceForge wants to tell your story. http://p.sf.net/sfu/sf-spreadtheword _______________________________________________ Oorexx-users mailing list Oorexx-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/oorexx-users
