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aaCpp's avatar
aaCpp
Visitor
13 years ago

calling function located in different file

Hello,
I am a newbie and have aquestion about BScript, If I have a function in play.brs as:
function play ()
print "this is just to see if the function call works"
end function
and I am calling it from appMain.brs as follows:
play()

I get the following error in console debug:
Function Call Operator ( ) attempted on non-function. (runtime error &he0) in ...QpQxj/pkg:/source/appMain.brs(9)

what am I doing wrong ?
I appreciate the help.
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  • SkipFire's avatar
    SkipFire
    Visitor
    13 years ago
    If that is the exact script then my guess your error is on the function line as it looks like you have a space between play and (). Calling functions across files does work fine and does not need anything extra, if you equate it to other languages everything compiles into one class (just a very rough analogy).
  • RokuJoel's avatar
    RokuJoel
    Binge Watcher
    13 years ago
    FYI, all your brightscript files need to end with .brs and they should all be within the source folder in your package. If the files do not have a .brs extension then the contents will not be interpreted as brightscript, perhaps something like that is why it isn't finding the play function. A space between play and () doesn't matter

    - Joel
  • aaCpp's avatar
    aaCpp
    Visitor
    13 years ago
    skipfire, you are absolutely right the space was the culprit, I did not think it would matter.
  • dinamovera's avatar
    dinamovera
    Visitor
    8 years ago
    I have a similar situation, I'm trying to call a function from main.brs

    here is my folder structure:

    components > scenes > mainScene.brs
    source > main.brs

    from main.brs I'm trying to call a function within mainScene.brs
    But I'm getting an error 

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    all Operator ( ) attempted on non-function. (runtime error &he0) in pkg:/source/main.brs(64)
    064:         playGameById()

    mainScene.brs function I'm trying to call

    Function playGameById() as Void
       print "playGameById"
       print id
    End Function[/color]

    main.brs function where I'm trying to call mainScene function

    Sub deepLink(args)
       if (args.mediaType <> invalid) and (args.contentID <> invalid)
           print args.mediaType
           print args.contentID
           playGameById()
       else
           print 'do nothing'
       end if
    End Sub[/color]