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From: mab@batcomputer.tn.cornell.edu (Mark Bodenstein)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.hypercard
Subject: Re: HyperTalk Card-Linking
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Date: 13 Feb 88 23:08:40 GMT
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Reply-To: mab@tcgould.tn.cornell.edu (Mark Bodenstein)
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>Question: How do I use HyperTalk to hard-Link to another card within the same
>          stack (with different backgrounds)?

It sounds like you were close, but left out the word "short".  To spell it out:

In the script that creates the detail card:

   At the detail card:
   put short id of this card into temp

   Back at the card from which you want to link:
   put temp into field detailCardId

In the mouseUp handler of the "detail" button:
   get field detailCardId
   if it is not empty then go card id it

Hope this helps.
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Mark Bodenstein                  {ihnp4,rochester}!cornell!batcomputer!mab
                                 mab@batcomputer.tn.cornell.edu