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From: stm@apple.com (Steve Maller)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.hypercard
Subject: Re: Trapping out Command-Period key presses.
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Date: 12 Sep 90 23:07:06 GMT
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In article <7433@milton.u.washington.edu> bjornl@milton.u.washington.edu 
(Bjorn Levidow) writes:
> Does anybody know how to trap out Command-Period key presses by the 
users?

HyperCard 2.0 has a new property called "cantAbort". It prevents 
Command-Period from doing anything. However, note that this is VERY 
dangerous, because causing a script to be un-stoppable could force a user 
to reboot his machine if the script runs away from itself. This can easily 
destroy a stack!

Steve Maller
HyperCard Engineering Team
Apple Computer