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From: dmittman@beowulf.JPL.NASA.GOV (David Mittman)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.hypercard
Subject: sharedText Shenanigans
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Date: 30 Nov 90 18:31:24 GMT
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I am working with a stack of cards which has a background field of
keywords. I am using the sharedText portion of the field for a
list of all currently defined keywords, and the non-sharedText
portion of the field for the keywords being used on a particular
card. I can get either field contents by doing something like:

set the sharedText of bg fld "Keyword" to true
get bg fld "Keyword"

I would like to be able to get the contents of the sharedText=true
portion of the field without actually changing the sharedText
attribute. If this were possible, I wouldn't have to go through
the trouble of locking the screen during the change. Any ideas?

				- David Mittman
				DMittman@Beowulf.JPL.NASA.GOV