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#37126 - 2003-02-28 05:34 PM "Return" messing up my USE command
Anonymous Anonymous Unregistered	I am using Kixtart 4.12 on Windows 2000 and am having a problem with USE. Here is the script: code: $letter = "G:" $path = "\\yeg01-nts-04\it_drive" Gosub mapdrive ... :mapdrive $map = $map + 1 AT ($map,0) "Connecting to $path as $letter Drive" Use $letter "$path" Return code: The message that I get when I run this script is "Script error: error in use statement! Return". Is there any way to make it so the "Use" doesn't think that the Return statement is part of it's arguments?
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#37127 - 2003-02-28 05:45 PM Re: "Return" messing up my USE command
Sealeopard Sealeopard KiX Master Registered: 2001-04-25 Posts: 11165 Loc: Boston, MA, USA	code: $letter = 'G:' $path = '\\yeg01-nts-04\it_drive' Gosub mapdrive exit 0 :mapdrive $map = $map + 1 ? 'Connecting to '+$path+' as '+$letter+' Drive' Use $letter $path Return And take a look at the UDF Forum which contains a couple of 'map drive' UDFs. UDFs are preferred over GOSUBS. _________________________ There are two types of vessels, submarines and targets.
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#37128 - 2003-02-28 06:01 PM Re: "Return" messing up my USE command
Lonkero Lonkero KiX Master Guru Registered: 2001-06-05 Posts: 22346 Loc: OK	yeah, basically it was that you forgot the exit, so the mapdrive got executed at the end of script and at that point the return was too much. _________________________ ! download KiXnet
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#37129 - 2003-02-28 06:01 PM Re: "Return" messing up my USE command
Anonymous Anonymous Unregistered	OK that's cool. I posted the wrong code with the quotation marks around my last variable in the use statement. I had changed it once I started to troubleshoot. I was just wondering if you could elaborate on why a UDF is better than a gosub. Are they more efficient with memory? I use the gosub to cut down the # of lines in the script, but am wondering if there is a performance or other gain from using a UDF. Ooooh! I didn't even see that I missed the Exit statement!!! Ooops! Sorry to waste your time! [ 28. February 2003, 18:08: Message edited by: Kellar ]
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#37130 - 2003-02-28 06:04 PM Re: "Return" messing up my USE command
Sealeopard Sealeopard KiX Master Registered: 2001-04-25 Posts: 11165 Loc: Boston, MA, USA	UDFs are very modular, they simulate internal KiXtart functions, and they can be included via external files. See e.g. How to use UDFs . There are over 300 UDFs currently available. _________________________ There are two types of vessels, submarines and targets.
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#37131 - 2003-02-28 06:09 PM Re: "Return" messing up my USE command
Lonkero Lonkero KiX Master Guru Registered: 2001-06-05 Posts: 22346 Loc: OK	yeah! just like your signature states kellar, if there is some task you wish to have as udf, just say. we will try to code that too _________________________ ! download KiXnet
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#37132 - 2003-02-28 06:40 PM Re: "Return" messing up my USE command
Anonymous Anonymous Unregistered	Thanks for the offer for future tasks. I think I understand from the UDF link posted by sealeopard, so I'm going to give my first UDF a shot and see how it goes. Thanks to both of you for the help.
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#37133 - 2003-02-28 06:41 PM Re: "Return" messing up my USE command
Sealeopard Sealeopard KiX Master Registered: 2001-04-25 Posts: 11165 Loc: Boston, MA, USA	Why not use the existing drivemapping UDFs? _________________________ There are two types of vessels, submarines and targets.
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#37134 - 2003-02-28 07:13 PM Re: "Return" messing up my USE command
Anonymous Anonymous Unregistered	Well I intended to see if I could get the job done by figuring it out by myself just to see if I could be. However, now that I get right down to it, I'm going to have to just that and look at some previous examples since I don't know how to start the UDF.
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#37135 - 2003-02-28 07:55 PM Re: "Return" messing up my USE command
Howard Bullock Howard Bullock KiX Supporter Registered: 2000-09-15 Posts: 5809 Loc: Harrisburg, PA USA	If you look here: http://www.kixtart.org/cgi-bin/ultimatebb.cgi?ubb=get_topic&f=2&t=004217#000010 you will find my MapDrive UDF in a functional script. _________________________ Home page: http://www.kixhelp.com/hb/
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#37136 - 2003-02-28 09:52 PM Re: "Return" messing up my USE command
Anonymous Anonymous Unregistered	Thanks Howard, it helps to see a complete example. I can really see how the script is structured with the function in it. I should also mention that your site is in my bookmarks now too! It's quite handy with the page containing all of the UDF's.
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#37137 - 2003-02-28 09:54 PM Re: "Return" messing up my USE command
Lonkero Lonkero KiX Master Guru Registered: 2001-06-05 Posts: 22346 Loc: OK	what page? hoby??? kellar, nice to see that you are in to kix. seems that you have some fresh blood to share _________________________ ! download KiXnet
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#37138 - 2003-02-28 09:56 PM Re: "Return" messing up my USE command
Howard Bullock Howard Bullock KiX Supporter Registered: 2000-09-15 Posts: 5809 Loc: Harrisburg, PA USA	I think that the UDFs are on Lonkero's or NTDOC's sites. I have Perl and other admin stuff on mine. [ 28. February 2003, 21:56: Message edited by: Howard Bullock ] _________________________ Home page: http://www.kixhelp.com/hb/
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#37139 - 2003-02-28 09:57 PM Re: "Return" messing up my USE command
Sealeopard Sealeopard KiX Master Registered: 2001-04-25 Posts: 11165 Loc: Boston, MA, USA	And of course in the UDF Forum, the other two are just (sorted) mirrors. _________________________ There are two types of vessels, submarines and targets.
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