Subj : Re: Calling a function from a different scope under Rhino
To   : netscape.public.mozilla.jseng
From : "Kok Hoor" <dontmail@antispam.com>
Date : Wed Dec 03 2003 09:35 am

Hi Igor.

    Thanks for the reply. Thanks a lot. Apparently it works, after I turned
off
dynamic scopes. This way, whenever I get an object from a different
scope, it is executed in that scope.

    Just hope that I don't need to use dynamic scoping from the
global scope.

Regards,
    Kok Hoor


"Igor Bukanov" <igor@fastmail.fm> wrote in message
news:3FCAE1CF.9000705@fastmail.fm...
> 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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