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From: peterbak@microsoft.UUCP (Peter BAKO)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.hypercard
Subject: Naming new fields
Message-ID: <54453@microsoft.UUCP>
Date: 3 May 90 20:50:20 GMT
Organization: Microsoft Corp., Redmond WA
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How does one create a new field via a HyperCard script, and then
proceed to give a name to this new field?  Unlike a button, fields
are not given a default name, and there is no way that I can
reference to them.

on mouseUp
  doMenu "New Field"
  set the name of cd fld "" to "theField"
end mouseUp

That will not work, but it makes about as much sense as anything
else that I can thing of.  BTW, I have also tried to get the ID
number of the new field, but again how do I tell HC which field
to check?

Peter

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