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From: al@magimi.meta.com (Al Egan)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.hypercard
Subject: Re: Questions about fields
Message-ID: <01010049.aaxtrt@magimi.meta.com>
Date: 1 Mar 91 07:45:00 GMT
Reply-To: al@magimi.meta.com
Organization: Metalogic, S.a r.l & Egan Systems
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In article <8652.27cba365@jetson.uh.edu>, inde5py@jetson.uh.edu writes:
> ... presses the RETURN key, the cursor disappears to the next (hidden) line ...
    try: on returnInField

> ... tabbing from one field to the next, field to field in a specific order...

a)  you can re-arrange the order of fields using "Bring closer" or "Send
    farther", with option or command or something the field is sent all the way.
b)  try select
c)  try drag from the left of field x + 1, the top of field x + 1 to B
        the right of field x - 1, the bottom of field x - 1
    you may need some parans around the locs
    if drag doesn't work on your version of HyperCard, use click at ...
    followed by click at ... with shiftKey

> ...Also, is there a simple way of locking the text in all fields ...
and In article <17183@crdgw1.crd.ge.com>, leue@galen.crd.ge.com (Bill Leue) writes:
> repeat with i = 1 to numfields
>    put "fld" & i into fname
>    set the LockText of card field fname to true
> end repeat

    re. the suggestion above, if you know the range of numbers of your fields,
    and they are in a few contiguous sequences:
repeat with i = 4 to 7  -- or whatever
  set the lockText of cd fld i to true
end repeat
    the number of a field is it's order on the card, initially the order
    of creation, changable via "bring closer" and "send farther".

    also re. the above suggestion, it can be shortened to:
repeat with i = 1 to 30  -- or whatever
  set the lockText of cd fld ("fld" & i) to true
end repeat
    shortening scripts is important for many executions as the shortened
    version will execute in approx. 1/2 to 2/3 the time.  Each line of hyperCard
    script becomes a "message" which must find its way from the current
    script, to the card, bg, stack, xcmds, home stack script, home xcmds,
    hyperCard xcmds, and finally to hyperCard.  Takes a while to search
    alla dat.  Also, in v 1.x, there is the interpreter time.


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	Alan Egan				Egan Systems
	Grosse Pointe Shores	Metalogic S.a r.l.
	Michigan, U.S.A.