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From: udell@Shasta.STANFORD.EDU (Jon Udell)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.hypercard
Subject: openCard - what's going on?
Message-ID: <2498@Shasta.STANFORD.EDU>
Date: 18 Feb 88 02:17:13 GMT
Organization: Stanford University
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I have modified the "Datebook" stack so that when using the "To Do"
background the arrow keys will not take you out of the background, but
will instead wrap around.  I have also written (for a differnet purpose) an
openCard routine that is intercepted by the background, then passed on.
The problem is that openCard is not being called as expected.  The code
follows:

on rightArrow
  get name of background
  visual effect wipe left
  go to next card
  if it <> name of background then go first card of background "To Do"
end rightArrow

openCard is sent to the next card in the stack by the first "go" statement,
but when the second "go" statement is executed, openCard is not called
again.  I have also written a "leftArrow" handler in the same style, but
that one causes openCard to be sent each time "go" is executed.

Does anyone have any idea what is going on here?  Any help would be
appreciated.

Jon