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From: dcmyers@astro.umd.edu (David Myers)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.hypercard
Subject: Checking for valid text insertion point
Keywords: text insertion cursor type
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Date: 15 May 91 03:21:04 GMT
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Does anyone know how to check if there's a valid text insertion
point in a card field? I'd like to use the "type" command to
enter a standard text string into fields, but unless the user
has clicked the mouse in a field, the "type" goes nowhere,
giving a string of error beeps. 

dcmyers@astro.umd.edu