Hello all,

I'm in the process of writing a vbscript that uses KixForms as a GUI
frontend.
According to a number of web pages (and this group) it is possible to
to use it as follows;

Set System = CreateObject("KiXtart.System")

Set Form1 = System.Form()

Set Button1 = Form1.Controls.Button
Button1.Text = "Close"
Button1.OnClick = "WScript.Quit"

Set Label1 = Form1.Controls.Label
Label1.Text = "Hello World!"
Label1.Location = System.Point(12, 9)

Form1.Visible = "True"
Do While Form1.Visible
Execute(Form1.DoEvents)
Loop



This works properly, when the Button1.OnClick is pressed it just exits
however, if I try and create a function that is called when the button
is clicked i.e.

Set Form = CreateObject( "Kixtart.Form" )

Set Button = Form.Button
Button.Text = "Close"
Button.OnClick = "Func_Quit"
Form.Show

Do While Form.Visible
Execute(Form.DoEvents)
Loop

Function Func_Quit
MsgBox "Just a message box"
wscript.echo "Function has been called"
End Function

The script works fine _however_ if I comment out the MsgBox line, the
script displays the "Function has been called" line and then errors
with the following line.

Microsoft VBScript runtime error: Type mismatch: 'Execute'

I've tried to do some debugging and the error occurs when the script
returns to the Execute line.

Please can someone explain what's happening and why it's failing

Many thanks,

Martin.

"kellym@xxxxxx-global.co.uk" wrote:

> I'm in the process of writing a vbscript that uses KixForms as a GUI
> frontend.
> According to a number of web pages (and this group) it is possible to
> to use it as follows;
>
> ...
> Do While Form1.Visible
> Execute(Form1.DoEvents)
> Loop

Ummm...I'm more than a little confused here.

According to the VBS docs
http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/libr...d2(VS.85).aspx
the Execute *statement* will execute a *string*, only.

So unless Form1.DoEvents is a string, I don't see how that code works, at all.

Perhaps you could try
MsgBox Form1.DoEvents
to see what string Execute is attempting to work with?

********

A couple of minor points (that shouldn't affect the way the code runs):
(1) You are doing
Form1.Visible = "True"
But the Visible property is a BOOLEAN value, *not* a string. Yes, VBS will
convert the string to boolean for you, but it would be better to code
Form1.Visible = True

(2) You should not use parentheses with the EXECUTE statement. They don't
hurt, because any expression is still an expression when enclosed in parens,
but they can have weird side effects in other usages. So just as a matter of
practice, avoid them where they aren't required.

******************

This is *PURELY* a hunch on my part, but I can't help but wonder if you
shouldn't simply eliminate the EXECUTE and do
Do While Form.Visible
Form.DoEvents
Loop

On Aug 20, 7:52*pm, Old Pedant <OldPed...@xxxxxx>
wrote:

> "kel...@xxxxxx-global.co.uk" wrote:

> > I'm in the process of writing a vbscript that uses KixForms as a GUI
> > frontend.
> > According to a number of web pages (and this group) it is possible to
> > to use it as follows;

>

> > ...
> > Do While Form1.Visible
> > * *Execute(Form1.DoEvents)
> > Loop

>
> Ummm...I'm more than a little confused here.
>
> According to the VBS docs
> * *http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/libr...d2(VS.85).aspx
> the Execute *statement* will execute a *string*, only.
>
> So unless Form1.DoEvents is a string, I don't see how that code works, atall.
>
> Perhaps you could try
> * * *MsgBox Form1.DoEvents
> to see what string Execute is attempting to work with?
>

Thanks for the reply OP, to answer some of your questions;

When the script is run it loops around the do while loop waiting for
something to happen to the Form.DoEvents object.
If the button is clicked it returns the value of the Button.OnClick,
which in this case is Func_Quit.

I modified the script slightly so that it will display what
Form.DoEvents is returning;

Do While Form.Visible
func = Form.DoEvents
wscript.echo func
Execute(func)
Loop

If the button is clicked, the following is displayed on the console;

Func_Quit <- Function name being called
Function has been called <- Result of function being called.

This demonstrates that the function name is returned by the DoEvents
and it is called by the Execute command.

I've tried what you suggested earlier without success, one can click
the button but nothing happens.;
Do While Form.Visible
Form.DoEvents
Loop

What I want the script to do is to call the function, run it and then
return to the loop


Am I missing something fundamental about the execute statement ?

Thanks,
Martin.