Hi, Can someone please explain t

[cat5ives]

Hi,

Can someone please explain to me what the statement in red does? Why the object ReadXML has the same name as funciton name? Thanks in advance.

function ReadXML (url)
    dim xmldoc    
    Set xmldoc = Server.CreateObject("MSXML2.DOMDocument")
    xmldoc.async = False
    xmldoc.setProperty "ServerHTTPRequest", true
    xmldoc.load (url)
    [COLOR=#A40000]set ReadXML = xmldoc[/color]
end function

 

[jpadie]

javascript? this looks more like Visual Basic.

 

[vacunita]

This is not Javascript. Its ASP.

In ASP to return a value from a function you set the function's name to the value.

http://www.4guysfromrolla.com/webtech/faq/Beginner/faq5.shtml

for any more ASP questions I suggest posting in forum333 or even forum855


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[Geates]

More precisely, it's VBS. VBS returns a value by assigning the value to the function's name. However, [tt]set[/tt] is used to assign an object to a variable. Because [tt]xmldoc[/tt] is an object, set is used.

-Geates