CallOutputs return value?

[Roland]

Can self.component:CallOutput( "something" ) give a return value ?

Means that the in-function returns a value that is passed to the CallOutput return

 

Lua1.lua

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function Script:func()

local retval = self.component:CallOutput( "something" )

System:Print( retval ) -- prints "Hello" ?

end

 

Lua2.lua

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function Script:something()--in

return "Hello"

end

[Roland]

Tested a bit and it seems that its not supported

[beo6]

it can't at least directly. But you can do it with 3 functions.

 

1. the argument function:

function Script:something()--arg
return "Hello"
end

 

2. the output function:

function Script:Use()
self.component:CallOutputs("Use")
end

 

3. the receiving function:

function Script:Receive(yourvalue)--in
System:Print( yourvalue )
end

 

now just connect the use function with the receive function and drag the something function to the argument point in the flowgraph.

 

 

//edit:

just like in some of my scripts. For example this:

http://www.leadwerks.com/werkspace/page/viewitem?fileid=510080616

Edited September 12, 2015 by beo6

[Josh]

Just to confirm, CallOutputs does not return a value:

void Entity::CallOutputs(const std::string& name)