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From: n_hays@vaxa.cc.uwa.oz.au
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.hypercard
Subject: Re: Background Button Problems
Message-ID: <1990Aug18.113207.2073@vaxa.cc.uwa.oz.au>
Date: 18 Aug 90 03:32:07 GMT
References: <15824@s.ms.uky.edu>
Organization: University of Western Australia
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In article <15824@s.ms.uky.edu>, miles@ms.uky.edu (Stephen D. Grant) writes:
> hi. I am having a little difficulty with some buttons in my stack. They
> are all background buttons and they occur on each card in my stack. However,
> there are some cards that I want to NOT HAVE the buttons (HIDE them). The
> problem is that I have been unable to hide them from one card only. I can
> issue a hide command from the message box or scripts, but it hides the 
> background button for good, for all cards until it is SHOWED again.
> 
> What can I do to get one card to hide a button for it, and then show or turn
> on the button when it goes to the next card?? Arf! 

Put the following in the CARD script of the card in which you want the button
to be hidden.

on opencard
  hide background button "whatever"
end opencard

on closecard
  show background button "whatever"
end closecard

This advice comes to you free from Australia on the sole condition that you
people stop electing used car salesmen, peanut farmers and senile B grade
movie actors to the White House. Your making the rest of us very nervous!!!
Neale Hays
University of Western Australia