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RE: Sending info from one script to another
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RE: Sending info from one script to another


  • Subject: RE: Sending info from one script to another
  • From: "Kinsella, John R." <email@hidden>
  • Date: Tue, 04 Dec 2001 19:59:20 -0600

I appreciate the reply. My apologies for not being more specific before.
Your suggestion makes perfect sense, but I'm unclear how to store a
reference to the reciever script in the parent script.
John

> ----------
> From: Emmanuel
> Sent: Tuesday, December 4, 2001 4:30 PM
> To: Kinsella, John R.; 'email@hidden'
> Subject: Re: Sending info from one script to another
>
> At 21:17 +0100 3/12/01, Kinsella, John R. wrote:
> >
> >Here's the background. User inputs data in one script. I set a variable
> to
> >the data the user has input. Is there a good way I can pass that
> variable
> >on to another script?
>
> Perhaps you did not receive a fast reply because your are not specific
> enough.
>
> Maybe the reply you are looking for is, define a "property" in the
> receiver's script:
>
> ----------------
> property PlaceHolder:""
> ----------------
>
> A property is a variable permanently available to the script.
>
> Once you've stored (a reference to) the recipient script, say in
> "theScript", you may write:
>
> ----------------
> set theScript's PlaceHolder to "whatever suitable"
> ----------------
>
> HTH
> Emmanuel


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