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From: mikef@bbs.acs.unc.edu (Michael Freedburg)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.hypercard
Subject: Keeping styled text using put in field command
Keywords: styled text, put command vs. copy and paste
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Date: 21 May 91 14:16:08 GMT
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I have a stack with two backgrounds. In one I have a field with styled
text. I am trying to cycle through the first background, grabbing the
styled text and finally putting the styled text from all these fields
into a single field in the second background ***keeping the styles
intact***. I have done the following:
on mouseUp
go to first card of background "Info"
repeat for the number of cards in background "Info"
	put field "Names" & return after temp (a var)
	go to next card of background "Info"
end repeat
put temp into field "Data" of background "MyText"
end mouseUp
but this does not put styled text into field "Data" !!!!!
If I do the same script but now use Copy Text and Paste Text and keep
visiting the field "MyText" in the second background, all is well!!
Is it really the case that the put command does not retain styled text
or is there some other thing I need to do in order to maintain the text
as I typed it in??
Kevin Calhoun, don't desert me now!!
Jeanne Devoto, help, help, help!!
What is the story with HyperCard 2.1 and exporting styled text using the
write command?? I was corresponding with someone whose name I will not
mention at Apple who was working on XTND functions for HyperCard that
would allow us to read and write styled text to files. Is this the case,
or what extensions to the write command can we expect, considering the
extensions to the read command we have been hearing about??
Love and Peace,
mikef@samba.oit.unc.edu
mikef@next1.oit.unc.edu