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From: chuong@nprdc.navy.mil (Stephanie Chuong)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.hypercard
Subject: HYPERCARD INFORMATION, PLEASE.
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Date: 3 May 91 22:23:04 GMT
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Reply-To: chuong@nprdc.navy.mil (Stephanie Chuong)
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      Hi! My name is Stephanie.  I am a new Hypertalk programmer. I
 am preparing to write a program with Hypertalk. The program will
read the charaters which are entered by the user from the keyboard.
Next, it will calculate the time and the key strokes from the
moment the user enters the first letter until the returned key or
whatever key the hypertalk regonizes it as a signal end of text
file.

	I have tried several ways to do it. It works. However, it
only works when I place the text field by the "TYPE" command. In
other words, it can not read the charaters directly from the keyboard.
I am sure it should have a way to do it. I read through the
programming handbook, and found the commands "READ" and "WRITE". I
am not sure it will do the job. I am trying now. Any help would be
greatly appreciate. 


					Stephanie Chuong.