Path: utzoo!utgpu!watmath!att!tut.cis.ohio-state.edu!ukma!gatech!bbn!apple!cup.portal.com!Athos From: Athos@cup.portal.com (Richard Eames) Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.hypercard Subject: Re: The card that would not die! Message-ID: <3407@internal.Apple.COM> Date: 8 Aug 89 18:11:10 GMT Sender: usenet@Apple.COM Lines: 33 References:<113@citycs.UUCP> <9719@phoenix.Princeton.EDU> <2665NUAPPLE@NDSUVM1> In article <2665NUAPPLE@NDSUVM1> NUAPPLE@NDSUVM1.BITNET (M. G. Stinnett) writes: > on openCard > global name,class > ask "What is your name?" with "Type your name here" > ask "What class?" with "Type your class name or number here" > go next > end openCard > > Of course, when you hit the card, it would ask both questions, the go > next. Useless because tho it asked the questions, it did nothing with > the answers. > > But the worst thing was that I couldn't get at the script to change it. > No matter which way I went at it, sending messages, trying to trap the > openCard message, sending messages to the card telling it to delete > itself, it would always pop the two dialogs, go next, and then execute > the message. Fortunately, I was working on a copy of the stack, so all > the damage I did to the other cards didn't matter. You could do this in the message box: "Edit the script of cd" . That works fine and allows you to change the script without actually going to the card... -Rick ############################################## These thoughts are mine, not # "Anyltus and Meletus have the Power to # Apple Computer's. Blame me, # put me to death, but not to harm me." -- # not them. # SOCRATES # ############################################## GEnie: R.EAMES2 CI$: 73677,2777