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From: bayes@hplvec.LVLD.HP.COM (Scott Bayes)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.hypercard
Subject: Re: Hypercard ideas
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Date: 19 Dec 90 19:55:17 GMT
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> Ideas?  Did I hear a call for ideas on how to improve Hypercard?
> 
> Button, field, card, and background variables.

Yes. Has anyone noticed how many places the 2.0 Power Tools stack has a
comment to the effect "keep this function at the start of this script"
in a button or field script? The function invariably returns data needed
by the handlers. What better way to do this than with an object variable?

> 
> Menus as objects.  Popup menus.
> 
> Standard highlighting behavior of buttons.

Wht do you mean?

> 
> Named parts of variables ("firstName of thisPerson", or something like
> that).  Ability to display these in fields easily.

It would be nice to have these, kind of a struct or record capability.

> 
> Charles Allen			Internet: cca@physics.purdue.edu
> Department of Physics			  nvi@mace.cc.purdue.edu
> Purdue University		HEPnet:   purdnu::allen, fnal::cca
> West Lafayette, IN  47907	talknet:  317/494-9776

Scott Bayes