Subj : Re: Calling a function from a different scope under Rhino
To   : Kok Hoor <kokhoor@solutionx.com.my>
From : Igor Bukanov <igor@fastmail.fm>
Date : Mon Dec 01 2003 07:38 am

Kok Hoor wrote:
> 
>     I am creating a shared scope object that hosts system functions. It
> is also primarily used to share variables and functions across different
> windows.
> 
>     Next, for each opened windows, I created a scope for them individually.
> This way, scripts parsed are not directly accessible from other scopes.
> 
>     My problem is, sometimes we need to access child windows to access
> their properties and invoke their method. This was ok with Mozilla or
> Internet Explorer, as I can get a reference to a window I create
> (var wnd = window.open(...);), and access the variables and the methods as
> well.
> 
>     This is different in Rhino however, although I can access their
> variables,
> invoking a child method runs the method in the caller's scope, not the child
> scope. Is there any way to implement this?

See documentation about dynamic scopes at 
http://www.mozilla.org/rhino/scopes.html

Regards, Igor

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