Passing variables not working

I have a tableview in a window which is inside a tab. When an item is clicked i am creating a new window and i want to pass a function to this window.To pass the variable i have done exactly as this post http://developer.appcelerator.com/question/73131/passing-variables-between-pages suggests but when i call the function in the new window it just returns null.

Here is the entire code http://pastie.org/1313186

Please help. Thank you in advance

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shouldn't this
```
window.getCategoryID = getCategoryID;
```
be this
```
window.getCategoryID = getCategoryID();
```
— answered November 20th 2010 by Aaron Saunders
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- Well as i understand it, i am passing the reference to the function and not the variable and in category1.js i am calling the function. Also the post that i was pointing to does it the same way.
  
  Correct me if i am wrong. Thank you
  
  — commented November 20th 2010 by Ashok Varma Kucharlapati
- but why? honestly I thing the correct thing is to just pass the variable, I suspect that will work and it is clearer
```
window.getCategoryID = e.rowData.categoryID;
```
  — commented November 20th 2010 by Aaron Saunders
- and the title is confusing, what you are trying to do here is pass a function reference to a new context and I am not even certain that will work
  
  — commented November 20th 2010 by Aaron Saunders
- Have a look at the passing section in this page http://developer.appcelerator.com/apidoc/mobile/latest/Titanium.UI.Window-object. Atleast according to this i should be able to pass functions and yes you are right what you suggest looks easier but doesnt work either.
  
  — commented November 21st 2010 by Ashok Varma Kucharlapati
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Well as i understand it, i am passing the reference to the function and not the variable and in category1.js i am calling the function. Also the post that i was pointing to does it the same way.

Correct me if i am wrong. Thank you

— answered November 20th 2010 by Ashok Varma Kucharlapati
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Don't know if you're using Android or iPhone, but there's a bug in Android and Titanium 1.4 (which seems to be fixed in recent 1.5 snapshots).

(sorry for the previous comment, should have been an answer)
— answered November 20th 2010 by Etienne Bernard
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- I am using android and thank you, i will try the 1.5 snapshots
  
  — commented November 20th 2010 by Ashok Varma Kucharlapati
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