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From: smelly@polari.UUCP (Tom Benedict)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.hypercard
Subject: Re: scope rules for scripts
Summary: I thini
Keywords: hypertalk, messages, scope
Message-ID: <3088@polari.UUCP>
Date: 5 Jan 91 05:40:33 GMT
References: <16488@cs.utexas.edu>
Organization: Seattle Online Public Unix (206) 328-4944
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Regarding field and card references in HC: 
  I have not tryied your specific script, but you might try adding some
parens as per this example:

-- This is your code --
== on doit arg1, arg2
==  put arg1 & arg2 after card field "field 1" of card "one"
==  put card field "field 1" of card "one" & "foobar" into card field "field 2"
== end doit
 
-- Change line 3 to --
   put (card field "field 1" of card "one") & "foobar" into card field "field
2"
 
I don't know what the technical term is for this type of naming, but HC seems
to be looking for 'card "one" & "foobar"..' instead of 'card "one"'  !!
 
If I was a 'real' programmer I could explain it in computer science terms, but
unfortunately I'm just a HyperHacker...
 
I hope this helps. I know I used to run into this problem a lot, but now I just
keep adding parens until it works!
 
Tom Benedict