Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!rutgers!mcnc!ecsgate!ecsvax!dlugose From: dlugose@uncecs.edu (Dan Dlugose) Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.hypercard Subject: Re: hypercard questions Message-ID: <1990Dec28.220821.13030@uncecs.edu> Date: 28 Dec 90 22:08:21 GMT References: <556@valideast.COM> Distribution: comp Organization: UNC Educational Computing Service Lines: 22 In article <556@valideast.COM> grs@valideast.UUCP (Gregory Smith) writes: > on mouseUp > add bg field "foo" to bg field "fa" > divide bg field "fa" into bg field "fum" > end mouseUp > >What's the right syntax for the divide? Is multiply the same? > divide field 2 by field 3 -- puts the result into field 2 Same for multiply. I tested the syntax by typing the syntax into field 1, and used a button whose script was simply "do field 1" Nice trick for testing variations on scripts. I think sometimes I've programmed a field to "on mouseleave do the selection" Dan Dlugose UNC Educational Computing Service -- Dan Dlugose Internet: dlugose@uncecs.edu UNC Educational Computing Service Box 12035, Research Triangle Park, NC 27709-2035