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From: taylorj@yvax.byu.edu
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.hypercard
Subject: Re: Existance of a card
Message-ID: <923taylorj@yvax.byu.edu>
Date: 21 Nov 89 04:01:39 GMT
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Easiest solution is to get SuperCard, which has an "exists" function.  (I
really do hope this will be added to HyperCard 2.0).

Not so easy but more practical solution is something like this:

  put false into cardExists
  repeat with c = 1 to the number of cards
    if the short name of card c = <the name of the card you're looking for> then
      put true into cardExists
      exit repeat
    end if
  end repeat

If this is what you meant by "brute force it," then I'm afraid you're out of
luck.


Jim Taylor
Microcomputer Support for Curriculum
Brigham Young University
taylorj@yvax.byu.edu