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From: 8hum190@violet.berkeley.edu (Elliot Wilen)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.hypercard
Subject: Re: Deleting Cards Unintentionally
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Date: 26 Aug 88 07:49:35 GMT
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My apologies for not testing the second script; I thought of it while
typing my article. A version which works, and which currently resides
in the script of my Home Stack, is as follows:

on doMenu command
  if command is "Delete Card" and the commandKey is down then
    answer "Delete this card?" with "Okay or "Cancel"
    if it is "Cancel" then exit doMenu
  end if
  pass doMenu
end doMenu

This seems to be reasonably satisfactory. But it will ask for conformation
for a menu-issued "Delete Card" command if the command key happens to be
down at the time--no big deal. And it will be foiled if the shortcut is
typed very quickly, which could be a big deal. On the other hand, it
almost certainly would have prevented tonight's mini-calamity.

--Elliot
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