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From: tomj@oakhill.UUCP (Tom Johnson)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.hypercard
Subject: Using FIND in scripts
Message-ID: <3118@oakhill.UUCP>
Date: 20 Mar 90 14:28:04 GMT
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Reply-To: tomj@oakhill.UUCP (Tom Johnson)
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Once again, I don't seem to be able to make sense of something (not an
unusual occurance, I assure you).  This time, I'm having problems with
the FIND command.  Given the following scenario:
	1) stack with 3 backgrounds
	2) button "testFind" on bg 1 contains script below
	3) card field "test" on bg 2 contains the string "abc"
	4) card field "test1" on bg 3 contains the string "def"

The script is:
	on mouseUp
		push card
		ask "Find what?"
		go bg {2} -- insert appropriate bg name here for bg 2
		find it in field "test"
		if the foundText = "" then put "empty" else put the foundText
		pop card
	end mouseUp

The problem:
1)  If I put any of: {word | string | whole} "abc", the find works, and the
msg box contains "abc"

2)  If I put any of: {word | string | whole} "def", the find works, and the
msg box contains "def".

3)  If I put any of: {word | string | whole} "ghi", the find fails and the
msg box contains "empty".

I think that case 2 above **shouldn't** work!  I specifically tell the find
command to look for a match ONLY in field "test", but it finds the string
in field "TEST1".  This causes a REAL pain, since I must check in my script
to verify that the foundChunk is on the card where the field I wanted to
search lives every time I issue the find command.

Am I reading the documentation wrong?  Is there something obvious (or even
not so obvious) I am missing?

Incidentally, this is under HC 1.2.5 running on a Mac II/cx (8 Mb/80Mb),
system 6.0.4, finder 6.1.4 (the one with "put away").

As always, thanks for any assistance in advance.

Tom Johnson    (tomj@oakhill.UUCP)

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