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Subject: Re: HyperCard (again)
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Date: Tue, 1-Sep-87 14:43:29 EDT
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In article <99@f.gp.cs.cmu.edu> dtw@f.gp.cs.cmu.edu (Duane Williams) writes:
% 
% In my previous post, I complained about the fact that HyperCard applications
% (at least those released by Apple as examples) don't have a standard Mac
% interface.  Now I want to say how I think HyperCard should have been.
% .....
% Commands that are currently accessible only through menu selections should
% be made available as functions, e.g. newcard.

Menu selections are accessible via the command doMenu.  For instance, here's
the script to my "New Card" button:

on mouseUp
   doMenu "New Card"
end mouseUp

By the way, this also works for bringing up DA's - try doMenu "Control Panel"
to see what I mean.  Spaces and dots are significant.  I couldn't find any
way to type an apple in Chicago, so I couldn't try the double-apple DA.

What happens if menu names collide, is there any way to handle it?  More
experimenting seems to be in order.

Edward Vielmetti, U-Michigan Workstation Group, uunet!umix!emv