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====== Send_Message and Exec_Method ======

=== Published 11 OCT 2012 at 07:13:06PM ===

== Updated on 24 APR 2013 at 07:13:06PM ==

OK, so we deprecated the **Send_Message** function for OI 10...

... but before you worry about your apps being broken don't despair because it still works as it ever has.  It has actually been replaced by a new function named **Exec_Method** which exposes the same interface as **Send_Message**, with the added bonus that it can support more than four parameters, so it's basically a straight drop-in replacement when you need to use it.

Why did we do this?  Well, there's a couple of reasons really:

  * When talking about object-based systems the usual jargon includes references to properties, //methods// and events. However, with OI we've always used the term "messages" when referring to an object's methods because of the **Send_Message** function.  We thought it was about time to use more standard terminology, like we do with the Basic+ OleExecMethod function for example.
  * **Send_Message** is very close to the name of the core Windows API **SendMessage** function and sometimes it's just too confusing (and annoying) trying to explain which one you actually mean when you're discussing how to manipulate an object.

Actually **Send_Message** isn't the only casualty, we've deprecated another well-known function too, but we'll leave the details of that one for another post...

[Edit: 24 Apr 13 - Call_Method renamed to Exec_Method]


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