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From: ralph@world.std.com (Ralph Lombreglia)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.hypercard
Subject: Question about protocol for trapping menu items.
Keywords: domenu, compact, trap
Message-ID: <1991Jan23.234729.7744@world.std.com>
Date: 23 Jan 91 23:47:29 GMT
Sender: ralph@world.std.com (Ralph Lombreglia)
Organization: The World @ Software Tool & Die
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As the "Palette Maker" card of the "Power Tools" stack advises, I've
trapped the "Compact Stack" menu item in order to close my palettes
before compacting.  However, I can't seem to figure out how to make
the handler restore the palettes after the compaction.  I'm sure
there's a simple answer, but I'm stumped.  Why does the following
*not* work?

on doMenu what
  if what is "Compact Stack" then
    close window "MyPalette"
    pass doMenu
    palette "MyPalette", "345,80"
  else pass doMenu
end doMenu

Thanks.
Ralph Lombreglia
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