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29cdf0e10cSrcweir<topic id="textsbasicshared03090401xml" indexer="include" status="PUBLISH">
30cdf0e10cSrcweir<title id="tit" xml-lang="en-US">Call Statement [Runtime]</title>
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34cdf0e10cSrcweir<created date="2003-10-31T00:00:00">Sun Microsystems, Inc.</created>
35cdf0e10cSrcweir<lastedited date="2004-08-24T09:48:22">converted from old format - fpe</lastedited>
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39cdf0e10cSrcweir<section id="call">
40cdf0e10cSrcweir<bookmark xml-lang="en-US" branch="index" id="bm_id3154422"><bookmark_value>Call statement</bookmark_value>
41cdf0e10cSrcweir</bookmark>
42cdf0e10cSrcweir<paragraph role="heading" id="hd_id3154422" xml-lang="en-US" level="1" l10n="U" oldref="1"><link href="text/sbasic/shared/03090401.xhp" name="Call Statement [Runtime]">Call Statement [Runtime]</link></paragraph>
43cdf0e10cSrcweir<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3153394" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="2">Transfers the control of the program to a subroutine, a function, or a DLL procedure.</paragraph>
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45cdf0e10cSrcweir<paragraph role="heading" id="hd_id3153345" xml-lang="en-US" level="2" l10n="U" oldref="3">Syntax:</paragraph>
46cdf0e10cSrcweir<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3150984" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="4">[Call] Name [Parameter]</paragraph>
47cdf0e10cSrcweir<paragraph role="heading" id="hd_id3150771" xml-lang="en-US" level="2" l10n="U" oldref="5">Parameters:</paragraph>
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49cdf0e10cSrcweir<emph>Name:</emph> Name of the subroutine, the function, or the DLL that you want to call</paragraph>
50cdf0e10cSrcweir<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3148946" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="7">
51cdf0e10cSrcweir<emph>Parameter:</emph> Parameters to pass to the procedure. The type and number of parameters is dependent on the routine that is executing.</paragraph>
52cdf0e10cSrcweir<paragraph role="note" id="par_id3154216" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="8">A keyword is optional when you call a procedure. If a function is executed as an expression, the parameters must be enclosed by brackets in the statement. If a DLL is called, it must first be specified in the <emph>Declare-Statement</emph>.</paragraph>
53cdf0e10cSrcweir<paragraph role="heading" id="hd_id3125865" xml-lang="en-US" level="2" l10n="U" oldref="9">Example:</paragraph>
54cdf0e10cSrcweir<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3159254" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="12">Sub ExampleCall</paragraph>
55cdf0e10cSrcweir<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3161832" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="13">Dim sVar As String</paragraph>
56cdf0e10cSrcweir<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3147317" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="14">sVar = "Office"</paragraph>
57cdf0e10cSrcweir<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3145273" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="15">Call f_callFun sVar</paragraph>
58cdf0e10cSrcweir<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3147435" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="16">end Sub</paragraph>
59cdf0e10cSrcweir<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3155414" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="18">Sub f_callFun (sText as String)</paragraph>
60cdf0e10cSrcweir<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3151112" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="19">Msgbox sText</paragraph>
61cdf0e10cSrcweir<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3148646" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="20">end sub</paragraph>
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