Yes, thank you, that works. I used: dispatch function "getPageNumber" to card "MITA" of stack "MITA" with tID
What came back was in “the result” “it” contained “handled” pb On Feb 23, 2017, at 12:54 PM, Mike Bonner via use-livecode <use-livecode@lists.runrev.com> wrote: > Will this work for you? > dispatch function "myFunction" to card "myCard" > > put the result into tResult > > Parameters can also be passed using the "with" extension. Unlike the > "call", "send" and "value" handlers, the parameters are sent directly to > the target handler, rather than being extracted from the string used to > call the handler. This negates the need to surround our parameters in > quotes and also allows us to pass arrays > > On Thu, Feb 23, 2017 at 1:32 PM, Peter Bogdanoff via use-livecode < > use-livecode@lists.runrev.com> wrote: > >> Hi, >> >> I’m reading on >> http://lessons.livecode.com/m/4071/l/11787-how-to-call-a- >> function-or-command-in-another-object >> >> this: >> put value("myFunction(hello, world)", group "myGroup" of card "myCard") >> into tResult >> >> I want to use a variable as a parameter instead of “hello, world” as in >> the page example. >> >> These don’t work: >> put value(“getPageNumber (tID)", card "MITA" of stack "MITA") into tResult >> put value("getPageNumber" & (tID), card "MITA" of stack "MITA") into >> tResult >> >> What do I do? >> >> Peter Bogdanoff >> _______________________________________________ >> use-livecode mailing list >> use-livecode@lists.runrev.com >> Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your >> subscription preferences: >> http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-livecode >> > _______________________________________________ > use-livecode mailing list > use-livecode@lists.runrev.com > Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your subscription > preferences: > http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-livecode _______________________________________________ use-livecode mailing list use-livecode@lists.runrev.com Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your subscription preferences: http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-livecode
