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From: gannholm@apple.com (Martin Gannholm)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.hypercard
Subject: Re: passing var parameters in HyperTalk
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Date: 11 Aug 90 06:52:35 GMT
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In article <84042@cc.utah.edu> KOFOID@cc.utah.edu writes:
> 2) Pass the body of a script to an XCMD, which then executes it and sets 
the
> appropriate containers to values calculated within the script. However, 
the
> available glue routines only allow XCMDs to execute singe HT 
expressions. I am
> not at all sure how one could extend this to the execution of a script 
body,
> without first writing an entire HT interpreter, which essentially 
recreats
> HyperTalk within an XCMD!

In HyperCard 2.0, the "do" command can take multi-line scripts, even 
containing repeat loops and if statements. I'm not sure this would do 
exactly what you want, but it is useful in many situations.

Martin Gannholm
Apple Computer

Exclaimer !!! I typed this myself, therefore I am myself !