progress-4gl Functions Dynamic call of a function

Example

Using DYNAMIC-FUNCTION or the CALL-object you can dynamically call functions.

DEFINE VARIABLE posY      AS INTEGER     NO-UNDO.
DEFINE VARIABLE posX      AS INTEGER     NO-UNDO.
DEFINE VARIABLE OKkeys    AS CHARACTER   NO-UNDO INIT "QLDRUS".
DEFINE VARIABLE Step      AS INTEGER     NO-UNDO INIT 1.
DEFINE VARIABLE moved     AS LOGICAL     NO-UNDO.
/* Set original position */
posY = 10.
posX = 10.

/* Move up (y coordinates - steps ) */
FUNCTION moveU LOGICAL (INPUT steps AS INTEGER):

    IF posY = 0 THEN
        RETURN FALSE.

    posY = posY - steps.

    IF posY < 0 THEN
        posY = 0.

    RETURN TRUE.
END FUNCTION.

/* Move down (y coordinates + steps ) */
FUNCTION moveD LOGICAL (INPUT steps AS INTEGER):

    IF posY = 20 THEN
        RETURN FALSE.

    posY = posY + steps.

    IF posY > 20 THEN
        posY = 20.
        
END FUNCTION.

/* Move left (x coordinates - steps ) */
FUNCTION moveL LOGICAL (INPUT steps AS INTEGER):

    IF posX = 0 THEN
        RETURN FALSE.

    posX = posX - steps.

    IF posX < 0 THEN
        posX = 0.

    RETURN TRUE.
END FUNCTION.

/* Move down (x coordinates + steps ) */
FUNCTION moveR LOGICAL (INPUT steps AS INTEGER):

    IF posX = 20 THEN
        RETURN FALSE.

    posX = posX + steps.

    IF posX > 20 THEN
        posX = 20.
        
END FUNCTION.


REPEAT:

    DISPLAY posX posY step WITH FRAME x1 1 DOWN.
    READKEY.

    IF INDEX(OKKeys, CHR(LASTKEY)) <> 0 THEN DO:
        IF CHR(LASTKEY) = "q"  THEN LEAVE.
        IF CAPS(CHR(LASTKEY)) = "s" THEN UPDATE step WITH FRAME x1.
        ELSE DO:
            moved = DYNAMIC-FUNCTION("move" + CAPS(CHR(LASTKEY)), INPUT step).
            IF moved = FALSE THEN
                MESSAGE "Out of bounds".
        END.
    END.
END.

The CALL object is not as lightweight as the DYNAMIC-FUNCTION. It can be used to call different things: functions, procedures, external program, Windows DLL-functions. It can also invoke methods on objects and access getters/setters.

DEFINE VARIABLE functionHandle AS HANDLE      NO-UNDO.
DEFINE VARIABLE returnvalue    AS CHARACTER   NO-UNDO.

FUNCTION isPalindrome LOGICAL (INPUT txt AS CHARACTER, OUTPUT txtBackwards AS CHARACTER):
    DEFINE VARIABLE i AS INTEGER     NO-UNDO.

    DO i = LENGTH(txt) TO 1 BY -1:
        txtBackwards = txtBackwards + SUBSTRING(txt, i, 1).
    END.

    IF txt = txtBackwards THEN
        RETURN TRUE.
    ELSE 
        RETURN FALSE.

END FUNCTION.

CREATE CALL functionHandle.
functionHandle:CALL-NAME      = "isPalindrome".
/* Sets CALL-TYPE to the default */
functionHandle:CALL-TYPE  = FUNCTION-CALL-TYPE.
functionHandle:NUM-PARAMETERS = 2.
functionHandle:SET-PARAMETER(1, "CHARACTER", "INPUT", "HELLO WORLD").
functionHandle:SET-PARAMETER(2, "CHARACTER", "OUTPUT", returnvalue). 
functionHandle:INVOKE.

MESSAGE "Text backwards: " returnvalue "Is it a palindrome? " functionHandle:RETURN-VALUE VIEW-AS ALERT-BOX.

DELETE OBJECT functionHandle.


CREATE CALL functionHandle.
functionHandle:CALL-NAME      = "isPalindrome".
/* Sets CALL-TYPE to the default */
functionHandle:CALL-TYPE  = FUNCTION-CALL-TYPE.
functionHandle:NUM-PARAMETERS = 2.
functionHandle:SET-PARAMETER(1, "CHARACTER", "INPUT", "ANNA").
functionHandle:SET-PARAMETER(2, "CHARACTER", "OUTPUT", returnvalue). 
functionHandle:INVOKE.

MESSAGE "Text backwards: " returnvalue "Is it a palindrome? " functionHandle:RETURN-VALUE VIEW-AS ALERT-BOX.

DELETE OBJECT functionHandle.