Call

The call control statement calls a subroutine which must be defined by a previous sub statement.

Syntax:

Call name ( [ paramlist ])

Arguments:

Argument	Description
name	The name of the subroutine.
paramlist	A comma separated list of the actual parameters to be sent to the subroutine. Each item in the list may be a field name, a variable or an arbitrary expression.

The subroutine called by a call statement must be defined by a sub encountered earlier during script execution.

Parameters are copied into the subroutine and, if the parameter in the call statement is a variable and not an expression, copied back out again upon exiting the subroutine.

Limitations:

Since the call statement is a control statement and as such is ended with either a semicolon or end-of-line, it must not cross a line boundary.

Example:

This example lists all Qlik related files in a folder and its subfolders, and stores file information in a table. It is assumed that you have created a data connection named Apps to the folder .

The DoDir subroutine is called with the reference to the folder, 'lib://Apps', as parameter. Inside the subroutine, there is a recursive call, Call DoDir (Dir), that makes the function look for files recursively in subfolders.

sub DoDir (Root) For Each Ext in 'qvw', 'qvo', 'qvs', 'qvt', 'qvd', 'qvc', 'qvf' For Each File in filelist (Root&'\*.' &Ext) LOAD '$(File)' as Name, FileSize( '$(File)' ) as Size, FileTime( '$(File)' ) as FileTime autogenerate 1; Next File Next Ext For Each Dir in dirlist (Root&'\*' ) Call DoDir (Dir) Next Dir End Sub Call DoDir ('lib://Apps')