Using your functions
You use user-defined functions the same way you use built-in
functions. You can call them in event scripts or in other user-defined
functions.
For complete information about calling functions,
see Application Techniques
.
Pasting user-defined functions
When you build a script in the Script view, you can type the
call to the user-defined function. You can also paste the
function into the script. There are four ways to paste a user-defined
function into a script:
- Drag the function from
the System Tree to the Script view. - Select Edit>Paste Special>Function>User-defined
from the menu bar. - Enable AutoScript, select the function’s
signature in the list that displays when you pause, and press Tab
or Enter. - Select the function in the Browser and copy and
paste it into the script.
Using the System
Tree, AutoScript, or the Browser pastes the function’s prototype
arguments as well as its name into the script.
For more information about AutoScript, see “Using AutoScript”.
To paste a user-defined function into a script
from the Browser:
-
Select Tools>Browser from the
menu bar. -
Do one of the following:
- Select
a global function from the Function page - Select the object that contains the object-level
function you want to paste from the corresponding page (such as
the Window page)
- Select
-
Double-click the Functions category in the right
pane. -
Select the function you want to paste and select
Copy from its pop-up menu. -
In the Script view, move the insertion point to
where you want to paste the function and select Paste from the pop-up
menu.The function and its prototype parameters display at the insertion
point in your script. -
Specify the required arguments.