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From: jdevoto@Apple.COM (Jeanne A. E. DeVoto)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.hypercard
Subject: Re: A couple of questions
Message-ID: <47918@apple.Apple.COM>
Date: 9 Jan 91 22:31:58 GMT
References: <1991Jan10.034648.2751@fennel.cc.uwa.oz.au>
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In article <1991Jan10.034648.2751@fennel.cc.uwa.oz.au>
n_hays@fennel.cc.uwa.oz.au writes:
>A couple of simple questions. Is there any way to "put" something into the
>message box without it becoming visible? Is there any way to determine
>which, if any, field contains the active text cursor?

1) Not that I know of. However, you can use "type" to enter text in the
message box. If the blindTyping property is set to true, this will not
result in the message box popping up; it will stay decorously hidden.

2) The function "the selectedField" returns the name or ID of the field
in which the current selection is located. (The blinking insertion point
is considered a selection of zero length.)
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