Path: utzoo!attcan!utgpu!jarvis.csri.toronto.edu!mailrus!cs.utexas.edu!uunet!portal!cup.portal.com!Bruce_Alan_Carter From: Bruce_Alan_Carter@cup.portal.com Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.hypercard Subject: Re: HyperCard refuses to send "on openCard" message (is it a Bu Message-ID: <23395@cup.portal.com> Date: 26 Oct 89 17:32:06 GMT References: <1343@gmdzi.UUCP> Organization: The Portal System (TM) Lines: 6 The problem with HyperCard not sending certain messages is known by Apple, and is definitely a bug. You'll find that it not only happens with open and close card, but also open and close background. This gave me fits in a project that had special menu bar items added for the different backgrounds. There are various kludges around it, but nothing clean. Hopefully this anomalous behavior will cease in 2.0.