(Delphi ActiveX) Call a JavaScript Function Returning an Integer

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

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uses
    Winapi.Windows, Winapi.Messages, System.SysUtils, System.Variants, System.Classes, Vcl.Graphics,
    Vcl.Controls, Vcl.Forms, Vcl.Dialogs, Vcl.StdCtrls, Chilkat_TLB;

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procedure TForm1.Button1Click(Sender: TObject);
var
success: Integer;
sbScript: TChilkatStringBuilder;
js: TChilkatJs;
result: TChilkatJsonObject;
funcCall: TChilkatJsonObject;
retval: Integer;

begin
success := 0;

// ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------
// The Javascript function called in this example is shown at the bottom of this page.
// -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------

// In this example, we'll load the Javascript function definition from a file.
// It doesn't need to come from a file.  It could just as easily be loaded from a string.
sbScript := TChilkatStringBuilder.Create(Self);
success := sbScript.LoadFile('js_call_function.js','utf-8');
if (success = 0) then
  begin
    Memo1.Lines.Add(sbScript.LastErrorText);
    Exit;
  end;

// Note: Each instance of a Chilkat Js object automatically establishes
// its own internal runtime and context.  Applications do not need to explicitly create
// the JavaScript runtime or context.
js := TChilkatJs.Create(Self);

result := TChilkatJsonObject.Create(Self);
result.EmitCompact := 0;

// Call Eval to add the function (shown at the bottom of this page) to the context's global object
success := js.Eval(sbScript.ControlInterface,result.ControlInterface);
if (success = 0) then
  begin
    // Examine the result for an exception.
    Memo1.Lines.Add(result.Emit());

    // Also examine the LastErrorText.
    Memo1.Lines.Add(js.LastErrorText);
    Exit;
  end;

Memo1.Lines.Add(result.Emit());

// The expected output is "undefined":

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

//    When Eval processes a script containing only a function declaration,
//    it successfully performs the action (the function becomes defined).
//    However, since the script consists of a statement that produces no value,
//    the script's overall completion value is empty. In JavaScript, the
//    absence of a value is represented by `undefined`.
// 
//    Therefore, the Eval call returns `undefined`.

// ------------------------------------------------------------------------------
// Call the function calculateScore("Player1", 10, 20)

funcCall := TChilkatJsonObject.Create(Self);

// Create JSON defining the function call:

// {
//   "name": "calculateScore",
//   "args": [ "Player1", 10, 20 ]
// }

funcCall.UpdateString('name','calculateScore');
funcCall.UpdateString('args[0]','Player1');
funcCall.UpdateInt('args[1]',10);
funcCall.UpdateInt('args[2]',20);

funcCall.EmitCompact := 0;
Memo1.Lines.Add(funcCall.Emit());

success := js.CallFunction(funcCall.ControlInterface,result.ControlInterface);
if (success = 0) then
  begin
    // Examine the result for an exception.
    Memo1.Lines.Add(result.Emit());

    // Also examine the LastErrorText.
    Memo1.Lines.Add(js.LastErrorText);
    Exit;
  end;

Memo1.Lines.Add(result.Emit());

// Output:

// {
//   "type": "int",
//   "value": 37
// }

retval := result.IntOf('value');
Memo1.Lines.Add('retval = ' + IntToStr(retval));
end;

function calculateScore(name, pointsA, pointsB) {
    // Return length of name + both scores
    return name.length + pointsA + pointsB;
    }