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From: englandr@phoenix.Princeton.EDU (Scott Englander)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.hypercard
Subject: Re: help with choose command
Summary: use the DO command
Message-ID: <9733@phoenix.Princeton.EDU>
Date: 3 Aug 89 04:32:28 GMT
References: <Aug.1.15.59.20.1989.6372@galaxy.rutgers.edu>
Reply-To: englandr@phoenix.Princeton.EDU (Scott Englander)
Organization: Princeton University, NJ
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In article <Aug.1.15.59.20.1989.6372@galaxy.rutgers.edu> murray@andromeda (Murray Karstadt) writes:
>
>    I want to use the choose command with info read from a field. Something 
>    like:
>    
>       choose field 1 tool

You need to use the "do" command.  First assemble your command string.
Then "do" the string:

put "choose " & field 1 && "tool" into cmdstr
do cmdstr


I tried it and it works!  BTW, you won't be able to do this from the
message box. 
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                                               - Scott