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Nicholas Geti <[log in to unmask]>
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Tue, 25 May 2010 13:03:35 -0400
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Not exactly. The small subscripts are in the same file as the master script 
and called from it. But if the small script calls subscript in another file, 
then the subscript in that other file is never executed. It is totally 
ignored.

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Stephen Wonfor" <[log in to unmask]>
To: <[log in to unmask]>
Sent: Tuesday, May 25, 2010 1:01 PM
Subject: Re: Subscript calling depth


> Nicholas
>
> In FMP5.5 a script in one file can only act on that file.  A reusable 
> script would, by necessity, need to exist in every file where you would 
> want to use it.  Is that what you mean?
>
> Stephen
>
> ----------
>
> "A man who carries a cat by the tail learns something he can learn in no 
> other way."---Mark Twain
>
> On May 25, 2010, at 10:46 AM, Nicholas Geti wrote:
>
>> I am using FMPro v2.2 and trying to build several small scripts that can 
>> be called as needed from a main script. But if one of the small scripts 
>> calls a script in another table, FMP never arrives at this lowest script. 
>> It is completely ignored. I can get the logic to work if I replace the 
>> Perform of the main script with its equivalent small script but this 
>> defeats the purpose of reusable scripts.
>>
>> Is there any way around this? 

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