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From: bc@Apple.COM (bill coderre)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.hypercard
Subject: Re: Intercepting deleteCard message
Message-ID: <43114@apple.Apple.COM>
Date: 18 Jul 90 19:14:31 GMT
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Organization: Just one o' them consultants
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Charles Moore:
|Note: The "else pass doMenu" part is VERY important.  If you don't include
|it, you will suddenly discover that none of your menu commands work.

Right. But let's correct the misperception started by Danny Goodman
and tell everyone how to fix a broken menu handler. Danny believes
that once you've got a broken doMenu handler, you're hosed, which is
untrue. 

If you accidentally mess up your menu handler and can't do any menu
commands (including, unfortunately, editing the script of the object
containing the offensive handler), you can ALWAYS type

send "edit the script of <the-containing-object>" to Hypercard

provided that either the message box is visible OR you have blind
typing enabled. This bypasses any intervening handlers. It is
therefore a very good idea to make sure you have blind typing turned
on at all times. 

If for some reason you can't type, or you feel you must reboot, simply
wait a minute or so for any disk activity to finish, then reboot.
Chances are, your stack will be okay.

bill coderre
hypercard smartypants