Path: utzoo!attcan!uunet!hodge!pnet06!mark
From: mark@pnet06.cts.com (Mark Murphy)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.hypercard
Subject: Re: Non-User Typing into fore-ground fields
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Date: 16 Jun 88 19:32:12 GMT
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dss@cblpn.ATT.COM (Dan Stoops) writes:

>When I go to "put" things into a fore-ground field from a script, or get the
>location of a fore-ground field from a script (ie. get the loc of field 1)
>the response is "Never heard of Bkgnd field number 1".

   Well, the solution for that is simple.  Fore-grounds, as you call them, are
cards.  Card fields or buttons need to have the adjective "card" placed before
them.  Examples:

        get the loc of field 1 - Will return the location of background field
                                 one.  If none, then an error.
        get the loc of card field 1 - Will return the location of card field
                                      one.  If none, then an error.

   Without the adjective, HT assumes you want the background field, not the
card (fore-ground?) field.  Hope this helps...

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