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From: kofoid@bioscience.utah.edu (Eric Kofoid)
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Subject: Re: A couple of questions
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Date: 12 Jan 91 18:19:10 GMT
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Neale Hays asks:
>> Is there any way to "put" something into the
>> message box without it becoming visible?

This can be done by applying the 'type' command with the 'blindTyping' 
property. By restoring the original selection and value of blindTyping, 
the stack will be left unchanged with the exception of the msg contents.

Try it by creating a new button with the following script:

on mouseUp
  ask "Type a message"
  blindType it
end mouseUp

on blindType theText
  put the blindTyping into myTyping
  put the selectedChunk into mySelection
  set the blindTyping to true
  select empty
  type theText
  set the blindTyping to myTyping
  select mySelection
end blindType