Android Question Service question

[Patrick Clark]

Why does this work (Public Sub GetFileVersion in Starter Service)

    Wait for (Starter.GetFileVersion("PC.config")) Complete (fv As Long)

but if the Public Sub is in a Service module called vptftp this

    Wait for (vptftp.GetFileVersion("PC.config")) Complete (fv As Long)

Results in "unknown member getfileversion"

 

[josejad]

Hum... Not completely sure, but maybe due

Starter service subs can be accessed directly without using CallSub.

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[Patrick Clark]

Ah Thanks, so Starter seems to be a special case

 

[Erel]

BTW, you can call it like this:

 Wait for (CallSub2(vptftp, "GetFileVersion", "PC.config")) Complete (fv As Long)

Note that it will crash if the service is not running.

 

[Patrick Clark]

Thank you