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From: hyperbug@apple.UUCP (Keith Rollin)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.hypercard
Subject: Re: Menus
Message-ID: <6787@apple.UUCP>
Date: Thu, 19-Nov-87 19:51:11 EST
Article-I.D.: apple.6787
Posted: Thu Nov 19 19:51:11 1987
Date-Received: Sun, 22-Nov-87 10:44:26 EST
References: <109@mtunj.ATT.COM>
Reply-To: hyperbug@apple.UUCP (Keith Rollin)
Organization: Apple Computer Inc., Cupertino, USA
Lines: 24
Keywords: data entry

In article <109@mtunj.ATT.COM> howard@mtunj.ATT.COM (H. Moskovitz) writes:
>I am putting togther a stack that uses input routines to populate the
>fields on thecards. I want the user to click on a button and to be
>presented with a list of valid entry items, then click on the desired item
>and have that entered automatically in the field. In other words, I want to
>eliminate the need to type in any data.
>
>I tried using the answer function, but it limits the user to 3 choices. Is
>there any way to bring up a list like that when you are aked to select a
>file and have that as your input choices?
>

When the user clicks on the button, show a hidden text field with the choices
you want them to select from. You can create a simple script to calculate
where in the field they clicked and hence which item they selected. Or, if
you show some radio or check buttons on top of your field, you could simply
handle messages sent to the buttons to determine their choices.

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