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From: jon@gara.une.oz.au (Jonathan Burne CCEN)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.hypercard
Subject: Re: Trapping out Command-Period key presses.
Message-ID: <3691@gara.une.oz.au>
Date: 13 Sep 90 12:52:58 GMT
References: <7433@milton.u.washington.edu> <10190@goofy.Apple.COM>
Organization: Uni of New England, Armidale, Australia
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In article <10190@goofy.Apple.COM>, stm@apple.com (Steve Maller) writes:
> 
> 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!
> 
	Been there, done that! Be warned, this new HyperCard is pretty
powerful stuff, should it come with some sort of warning; "Do Not Open
This Script When Young Children Are Present" :-)
						Jonathan Burne
						Macintosh Support
						Computer Centre
						University of New England
						Armidale 2351
						AUSTRALIA