Thank you, cryptic name I cannot repeat.  "eval" works like a champ.
My future has been greatly simplified.

dvn


§¥§à§ç§Ñ§ñ §²§í§Ü§Ñ wrote:
>   wrote:
> >> E:\> ruby TemplateList.rb -v -f TemplateList.txt -m updatevalue.rb
> >
> > Try this
> >
> > *** Your TemplateList.rb ***
> > logicFileName='updatevalue.rb'
> > eval(File.new(logicFileName).read)
> > testMe('arg1')
> >
> >
> > *** Your updatevalue.rb ***
> > def testMe(arg)
> >     puts "testMe called arg = #{arg}"
> > end
>
> Or the second way:
>
> logicFileName='updatevalue.rb'
> # self, Module or Class object
> self.instance_eval(File.new(logicFileName).read)
> testMe('asd')