Subj : Re: Stuck on the basics - HELP!
To   : netscape.public.mozilla.jseng
From : "Stu" <stu.email@emailme.com>
Date : Thu May 22 2003 02:39 pm


"Georg Maaß" <georg@vnett.de> wrote in message
news:baifd3$2tt$2@ID-3551.news.dfncis.de...
> Stu wrote:
>
> > Hi,
> > I'm trying to call a Javascript function from C/ C++ with the
Spidermonkey
> > API
> > I've verified that I can call a basic script with a script of var hi =
> > "hello"; hi.toString();
> > This script successfully return "hello" with EvaluateScript, or
> > CompileScript and ExecuteScript
> > However once I put it inside a JavaScript style function i.e function
> > Hello() {var hi = "hello"; hi.toString();}
> > I then try to use JS_CompileFunction which Compiles OK and then
> > JS_CallFunction which returns successfully but gives me an "Undefined"
> > string back via rval.
>
>
>
> The function Hello does not return a value, so calling it results in a
> undefined (not existing return value.
>
> Hello(){return 'hello';}
>
> This should work as desired.
>
yes is does its just wrapped over the line. I've just verified anyway by
changing the code to > Hello(){return 'hello';} but that gives the same
return 'undefined'

Any other ideas, could it be the way I'm reading back the return value?

cheers,
Stu

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