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From: ch2i+@andrew.cmu.edu (Charles A. Hill)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.hypercard
Subject: Re: copying card w/o bgs
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Date: 17 Aug 90 20:20:27 GMT
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Sean Davey writes:

<<  i was just wondering if there was a quick way to copy a card to a different
<<background?  i understand that you can do it in 2.0, but thought i'd ask
<<anyway.

I asked the same question (though I made it sound a lot more complicated
than it was).  I got the following two responses:

<<There is a public domain stack called PickupBkgnd that contains an XCMD
<<that essentially grabs everything in the card layer of a card (fields, text
<<within fields, buttons, card script, card picture, etc.) and pastes it
<<on a new card (presumbly with the desired background).

The poster didn't know the source, but suggested the sumex archive as a
good place to look.  (I havent' looked yet.)

<<The fastest way I know to switch backgrounds is to create a button that
<<functions as a "tool", copying and pasting buttons and fields from one
<<card to the next.

Obviously, the XCMD is probably the better bet, if it can be found.  If
not, though, building button in hypertalk is probably not that big of a
deal.  

Hope this helps.  And I hope you're right about 2.0; not having a
command to do this is a real nuisance.


Charlie.