calling function located in different file

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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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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).

3

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
4

skipfire, you are absolutely right the space was the culprit, I did not think it would matter.

5

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]