Importing only part of a file

[SeryDavid]

Hello,

I have a main script importing two scripts and running their main function in a for loop. I have several problems with that

Call ScriptInclude("ScriptA.VBS")

Call ScriptInclude("ScriptB.VBS")

For i = 1 To Data.Root.ChannelGroups.Count  

    Call analysisA(True)

    Call analysisB(True)

Next

I believe I need the ScriptInclude function, because I want to send a parameter to the analysis function. When doing imports like this, however, everything is imported from the scripts. I have a cleanup() function in both of them with a slightly different functionality and ScriptInclude causes, that even in the analysisA function call the cleanup from the ScriptB gets called, which causes an error.

Coming from Python, I wish there was functionality like this:

from ScriptA.VBS import analysisA

from ScriptB.VBS import analysisB

analysisA()  - now working correctly, because local cleanup function gets called

analysisB()

Or:

import ScriptA.VBS as ScriptA

import ScriptB.VBS as ScriptB

ScriptA.analysisA()  - this way I don't even have to name analysisA and analysisB differently, just use analysis name

ScriptB.analysisB()

Or:

from ScriptA.VBS import analysis as analysisA - this way I don't have to name analysisA and analysisB differently

from ScriptB.VBS import analysis as analysisB

The current functionality is basically equivalent to:

from ScriptA.VBS import *

from ScriptB.VBS import *

which is discouraged, because it can cause problems I encountered in DiaDEM.

[AndreasK · Accepted solution]

There is a scope

option explicit

Call ScriptInclude("ScriptA.VBS", "A")
Call ScriptInclude("ScriptB.VBS", "B")

LogfileDel

Call A.analysisA(True)
Call B.analysisB(True)

which will call

A: analysis called
A: Cleanup called
B: analysis called
B: Cleanup called

does this match your needs?