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From: Ken.Knight@f421.n109.z1.fidonet.org (Ken Knight)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.hypercard
Subject: (R)Command line works in message box but not in script.
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Date: 20 Feb 91 22:02:34 GMT
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>From: ac2@doc.ic.ac.uk (A Chee)
>Date: 19 Feb 91 14:42:37 GMT
>Organization: Dept. of Computing, Imperial College, London, UK.
>Message-ID: <2915@gould.doc.ic.ac.uk>
>Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.hypercard
>
>Hi,
>   I'm doing a project in HyperCard version 1.2 using HyperTalk. I
>used a
>   variable to read the name of a card.  However when I use this
>variable
>name
>   in the command " go to variablename " where variablename is card "
>   cardname", the system does not understand the command and complains
>about
>   it? The Hypercard system complains that it cannot parse beyond that
>point.
>
>   Please supply me with any ideas as to how I could make corrections
>so as
>to
>   enable my script to work preferably through email as I don't
>usually read
>   news.
>
>   Thanks in advance.
>
>Agatha Chee
>email: ac2@doc.ic.ac.uk
 
In order to access that variable from the message box and have anything
useful result the variable must be declared globally. That is you need
a line (and you have to have this line in every handler that uses the
variable) 'global variablename'.


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