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<title id="tit" xml-lang="en-US">Call Statement</title>
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<created date="2003-10-31T00:00:00">Sun Microsystems, Inc.</created>
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<bookmark xml-lang="en-US" branch="index" id="bm_id3154422"><bookmark_value>Call statement</bookmark_value>
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<paragraph role="heading" id="hd_id3154422" xml-lang="en-US" level="1"><link href="text/sbasic/shared/03090401.xhp" name="Call Statement">Call Statement</link></paragraph>
<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3153394" xml-lang="en-US">Transfers the control of the program to a subroutine, a function, or a procedure of a <link href="text/sbasic/shared/03090403.xhp" name="Dynamic Link Library">Dynamic Link Library (DLL)</link>. The keyword, type and number of parameters is dependent on the routine that is being called.</paragraph>
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<paragraph role="heading" id="hd_id3153345" xml-lang="en-US" level="2">Syntax:</paragraph>
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<image src="media/helpimg/sbasic/Call_statement.svg" id="img_id4156296484514"><alt xml-lang="en-US" id="alt_id15152796484514">Call Statement diagram</alt></image></paragraph>
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<paragraph role="bascode" id="par_id3150984" xml-lang="en-US">[Call] name [(] [param :=] value, ... [)] </paragraph>
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<paragraph role="heading" id="hd_id3150771" xml-lang="en-US" level="2">Parameters:</paragraph>
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<emph>name:</emph> Name of the subroutine, the function, or the <link href="text/sbasic/shared/03090403.xhp" name="Dynamic Link Library">DLL</link> that you want to call</paragraph>
<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3148946" xml-lang="en-US">
<emph>param:</emph> Keyword parameter name to pass to the routine, followed by its <emph>value</emph>. The name must match the routine declaration. Keywords are optional and can be used in any order. </paragraph>
<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id871586190690812"><emph>value:</emph> Positional parameter value. The type is dependent on the routine that is being called</paragraph>
<note id="par_id421586006407428" xml-lang="en-US">When mixing positional and keyword parameters, make sure positional parameters are following the routine declaration order.</note>
<tip id="par_id3154216" xml-lang="en-US">When a function is used as an expression, enclosing parameters with brackets becomes necessary. Using a <link href="text/sbasic/shared/03090403.xhp" name="Declare Statement">Declare statement</link> is compulsory prior to call a DLL.</tip>
<paragraph role="heading" id="hd_id3125865" xml-lang="en-US" level="2">Example:</paragraph>
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<paragraph role="bascode" id="par_id3159254" xml-lang="en-US" localize="false">Sub ExampleCall</paragraph>
<paragraph role="bascode" id="par_id3161832" xml-lang="en-US" localize="false"> Dim value As String</paragraph>
<paragraph role="bascode" id="par_id3147317" xml-lang="en-US" localize="false"> value = "LibreOffice"</paragraph>
<paragraph role="bascode" id="par_id3145273" xml-lang="en-US" localize="false"> Call aRoutine value</paragraph>
<paragraph role="bascode" id="bas_id181585749262948" xml-lang="en-US" localize="false"> aRoutine text := value</paragraph>
<paragraph role="bascode" id="par_id3147435" xml-lang="en-US" localize="false">End Sub</paragraph>
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<paragraph role="bascode" id="par_id3155414" xml-lang="en-US" localize="false">Sub aRoutine (text as String)</paragraph>
<paragraph role="bascode" id="par_id3151112" xml-lang="en-US" localize="false"> Msgbox text</paragraph>
<paragraph role="bascode" id="par_id3148646" xml-lang="en-US" localize="false">End Sub</paragraph>
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