(VBScript) Call a JavaScript Function Passing an Object Argument

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Note: This example requires Chilkat v11.4.0 or greater.

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Dim fso, outFile
Set fso = CreateObject("Scripting.FileSystemObject")
'Create a Unicode (utf-16) output text file.
Set outFile = fso.CreateTextFile("output.txt", True, True)

success = 0

' This is the JavaScript function we'll call:

' function describeCar(car) {
' 	console.log(`This is a ${car.year} ${car.make} ${car.model}.`);
' }

set sbScript = CreateObject("Chilkat.StringBuilder")
success = sbScript.Append("function describeCar(car) { console.log(`This is a ${car.year} ${car.make} ${car.model}.`); }")

set js = CreateObject("Chilkat.Js")

set result = CreateObject("Chilkat.JsonObject")
result.EmitCompact = 0

' Call Eval to add the function to the context's global object
success = js.Eval(sbScript,result)
If (success = 0) Then
    ' Examine the result for an exception.
    outFile.WriteLine(result.Emit())

    ' Also examine the LastErrorText.
    outFile.WriteLine(js.LastErrorText)
    WScript.Quit
End If

' ------------------------------------------------------------------------------
' Call the function describeCar(car)

set funcCall = CreateObject("Chilkat.JsonObject")
funcCall.EmitCompact = 0

' Create JSON specifying the function name and arguments
' In this case, there is only 1 argument, and it is an object.

' {
'   "name": "describeCar",
'   "args": [
'     {
'       "make": "Toyota",
'       "model": "Corolla",
'       "year": 2022
'     }
'   ]
' }

success = funcCall.UpdateString("name","describeCar")

' Create the JSON object that is the argument.
set arg = CreateObject("Chilkat.JsonObject")
success = arg.UpdateString("make","Toyota")
success = arg.UpdateString("model","Corolla")
success = arg.UpdateInt("year",2022)

' Create the arguments array.
set argsArray = CreateObject("Chilkat.JsonArray")
success = argsArray.AddObjectCopyAt(0,arg)

' Add the "args" array to the funcCall.
success = funcCall.AppendArrayCopy("args",argsArray)

outFile.WriteLine(funcCall.Emit())

success = js.CallFunction(funcCall,result)
If (success = 0) Then
    ' Examine the result for an exception.
    outFile.WriteLine(result.Emit())

    ' Also examine the LastErrorText.
    outFile.WriteLine(js.LastErrorText)
    WScript.Quit
End If

outFile.WriteLine(result.Emit())

' The describeCar JavaScript function returns nothing. 
' Therefore, the result is "undefined".

' {
'   "type": "undefined",
'   "value": "undefined"
' }

' However, the function emitted text to the console.

set sbOut = CreateObject("Chilkat.StringBuilder")
js.ConsoleOutputSb sbOut
outFile.WriteLine(sbOut.GetAsString())

' Output:
' This is a 2022 Toyota Corolla.

' -----------------------------------------------------------
' Note: If the object argument is simple, this is an alternative
' and simpler way of creating the funcCall:

funcCall.Clear 
success = funcCall.UpdateString("name","describeCar")
success = funcCall.UpdateString("args[0].make","Toyota")
success = funcCall.UpdateString("args[0].model","Corolla")
success = funcCall.UpdateInt("args[0].year",2022)
outFile.WriteLine(funcCall.Emit())

outFile.Close