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From: jbnash@vms.macc.wisc.edu (John B. Nash)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.hypercard
Subject: Help putting sum of field in another
Message-ID: <1991Jan8.005708.5908@macc.wisc.edu>
Date: 8 Jan 91 00:53:09 GMT
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Hypertext question...simple problem I think, not insulting I hope.


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|			    |	for Version 1.2.2
|   xxxxx VALUE field	    |	These two cards have the same background 	
|			    |	Suppose I want to click on the CUMULATIVE field
|   xxxxx CUMUL. field	    |	and have the sum of both VALUE fields appear
|			    |	in the CUMULATIVE field.  
-----------------------------	Is the script below on the right track?
				(background id 2763 for both cards).
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|			    |
|   xxxxx VALUE field	    |
|			    |
|   xxxxx CUMUL. field	    |
|			    |
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on mouseUp
  put zero into field "CUMULATIVE"
  put zero into total
  repeat with i = 1 to the number of cards in bg id 2763
    add bg field "VALUE" to total
    put total into field "CUMULUATIVE"
  end repeat
end mouseUp

		Right now, when I click on CUMULATIVE, it takes
		whatever number is in the VALUE field of the
		current card and multiplies it by the number of
		cards in the stack. Obviously this script is good if the 	
		numbers in the VALUE fields are all the same, but they are 			
		different from card to card.

		Ideas appreciated.  Just E me 
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