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Methods are implemented as functions or subroutines in your Windows® Script Component file.

To expose a method

1. Create a <public> element as a child of the <component> element.
   
   
2. In the <public> element, include a <method> element. The method element can optionally include one or more <parameter> elements to define the method's parameters.
   
   
3. Write a procedure in any scripting language to implement the function. Place the procedure in a <script> element outside the <implements> element but within the <component> element. Be sure the function name matches the functionName, or if you did not specify a functionName, the methodName name you specified in the <method> element.

For example, the following example shows a fragment from a script component file with two methods, factorial and getRandomNumber.

Note   A CDATA section is required to make the script in the <script> element opaque. For details, see Script Component Files and XML Conformance.

<public>
   <method name="factorial"/>
   <method name="random" internalName="getRandomNumber">
      <parameter name="upperBound"/>
      <parameter name="seed"/>
   </method>
</public>

<script language="VBScript">
Function factorial(n)
   <![CDATA[
   If isNumeric(n) Then
      If n <= 1 Then
          factorial = 1
      Else
          factorial = n*factorial(n-1)
      End If
   Else
      factorial = -2   ' Error code.
   End If
End Function

Function getRandomNumber(upperBound, seed)
   getRandomNumber = Cint(upperBound * Rnd(seed) + 1)
End Function
]]>
</script>

You can specify a default method for a script component so the host application can invoke the method without explicitly calling it. For example, if you have exposed a method called factorial and marked it as the default, you can call it in the followoing ways in Visual Basic:

Set component = CreateObject("component.MyComponent")
n = component.factorial(4)   ' Calls factorial method explicitly.
n = component(4)   ' Calls factorial method as default.

To specify a default method, include an attribute assigning a special dispatch identifier (a dispid) to the method. For more information about dispids, see Exposing Events.

To specify a default method

• In the <method> element, include the attribute dispid="0", as shown in the following example:

  <public>
     <method name="factorial" dispid="0"/>
  </public>
  

Note   This technique can be used to assign either a default method or a default property, but not both. There can be only one element in the script component with the dispid of zero.