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From: jkc@Apple.COM (John Kevin Calhoun)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.hypercard
Subject: Re: Finding HOME in HC2.0
Keywords: Home, HyperCard
Message-ID: <52423@apple.Apple.COM>
Date: 3 May 91 22:38:41 GMT
References: <1991May3.184816.5088@hubcap.clemson.edu>
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Organization: Apple Computer Inc., Cupertino, CA
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In article <1991May3.184816.5088@hubcap.clemson.edu> wbridgm@hubcap.clemson.edu
(William T. Bridgman) writes:
>
>How do I tell the HyperCard application that the HOME stack is in
>a specific folder so I don't have to go through this?  Setting
>it in the pathways card doesn't work since that is located in
>the HOME stack.  Is there another way around this problem?

HyperCard 2.0 first checks whether the stack that was opened from
the Finder is the Home stack.  If it isn't, HyperCard 2.0 looks for
the Home stack in the following places, in the following order:

1) the System Folder
2) the same folder as a stack that was opened from the Finder, if
   there was one
3) the same folder as HyperCard itself
4) a folder called "HyperCard Stacks" that's in the same folder as
   HyperCard
5) the root directory of the same volume as HyperCard itself (HC
   1.x doesn't look here)

HyperCard 2.1 will look in one more place, if it's running under
System 7.0 --

6) the Desktop Folder that's on the same volume as HyperCard

If Home isn't in any of the places HyperCard checks, it will put
up the dialog to ask the user where to find it.

You can change the name of the folder HyperCard checks in step 4,
if you're willing to mess with ResEdit.  Look in STR# 128, string
number 18.  This is the partial pathname, relative to the folder
HyperCard itself is in, of the folder HyperCard will check.

Kevin Calhoun
jkc@apple.com OR calhoun.k@applelink.apple.com