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From: jdevoto@Apple.COM (Jeanne A. E. DeVoto)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.hypercard
Subject: Re: Lots of fields on one card
Message-ID: <37959@apple.Apple.COM>
Date: 19 Jan 90 22:07:09 GMT
References: <362.25B409E9@blkcat.fidonet.org>
Organization: Apple Computer Inc, Cupertino, CA
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In article <362.25B409E9@blkcat.fidonet.org>
Jerry.Andrews@f426.n109.z1.fidonet.org (Jerry Andrews) writes:
>Has anyone thought of a clever way to address a group of fields, all at
>once (or in a tight loop), making them all appear and disappear at the
>same time?

I don't have any specific method in mind, but I do have two suggestions:
1) If you lock the screen while hiding/showing the fields, the operation
will be faster (and prettier, since the whole card will appear to change
at once);
2) If you're using a lot of fields, it's often possible to rework
things to combine several fields into one. This is a particularly good
strategy to use if some of your fields are one line, since HyperTalk can
address the contents of a field by line.
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