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From: dan@Apple.COM (Dan Allen)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac,comp.sys.mac.hypercard
Subject: Re: Help with fields and scripts in Hypercard
Message-ID: <15681@apple.Apple.COM>
Date: 17 Aug 88 09:03:46 GMT
References: <252@aeras.UUCP> <214@rna.UUCP>
Reply-To: dan@apple.com.UUCP (Dan Allen)
Organization: Apple Computer Inc, Cupertino, CA
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In article <214@rna.UUCP> marc@rna.UUCP (Marc Johnson) writes:
>#PROBLEM:  I understand that the returnKey and enterKey interrups don't work
>#	  in fields.  How do I get around this? 

In HyperCard 1.2 and later there are two new messages sent by HyperCard
called returnInField and enterInField.  They are very useful for
handling either of these two keys when editing text.  They are also
related to the tab and auto-tab functions.

More info and lots of great examples of how all this stuff works may be
found in the HyperCard 1.2 Release Notes stack that ships with the
HyperCard 1.2 product.

I can understand people not reading the manuals, but come on folks, you
can at least CLICK on a few buttons to puruse the help stacks, can't
you?  I know, I know, you probably don't have 1.2 yet and the Apple
dealers aren't any help...

Happy scripting.

Dan Allen
Software Explorer working on HyperCard
Late at night at Apple Computer (well, okay, late at night at home)