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From: jdevoto@Apple.COM (Jeanne A. E. DeVoto)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.hypercard
Subject: Re: Naming new fields
Message-ID: <40750@apple.Apple.COM>
Date: 4 May 90 22:04:36 GMT
References: <54453@microsoft.UUCP>
Organization: Apple Computer Inc, Cupertino, CA
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In article <54453@microsoft.UUCP> peterbak@microsoft.UUCP (Peter BAKO) writes:
>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.

The easiest way to do this is to take advantage of the fact that newly-
created fields are at the top layer, and therefore have the highest field
number:

  on mouseUp
    doMenu "New Field"
    set the name of card field (the number of card fields) to "New Field"
    -- etc.
  end mouseUp
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