Besides the Type statement, the definition statements include the Class statement and the procedure definition statements: Function, Sub, Get Property, and Set Property. While these definition statements produce executable code, this code is not executed in place. LotusScript executes a procedure only when it is explicitly invoked. When the procedure completes execution, the script execution continues from the point where the procedure was invoked. There are two pairs of procedures, however, that are executed without being explicitly invoked:

• Sub New and Sub Delete

  These are executed when an object is created or deleted, respectively.

• Sub Initialize and Sub Terminate

  Sub Initialize is executed when the compiled module representing the script is loaded. Sub Terminate is executed when the module is unloaded.

Flow of execution
Declarations
Deftype statements
Option Base statement
Option Compare statement
Option Declare statement
Option Public statement
Type statement

Glossary