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From: jdevoto@Apple.COM (Jeanne A. E. DeVoto)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.hypercard
Subject: Re: Question about extracting text from Hypercard ...
Message-ID: <44473@apple.Apple.COM>
Date: 1 Sep 90 05:27:39 GMT
References: <1990Aug28.160744.32733@eagle.wesleyan.edu>
Organization: Apple Computer Inc, Cupertino, CA
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In article <1990Aug28.160744.32733@eagle.wesleyan.edu>
esimon@eagle.wesleyan.edu writes:
>How can I extract text from my hypercard stacks, for downloading 
>onto a mainframe ?

You'll need to write a script using the HyperTalk commands "open file",
"write <string> to file", and "close file". Here is an example:

  on mouseUp
    open file "My Report"   -- creates it if it doesn't already exist
    repeat with x = 1 to the number of cards
      write (field "Text" of card x) & return to file "My Report"
    end repeat
    close file "My Report"
  end mouseUp
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