Path: utzoo!attcan!uunet!husc6!uwvax!rutgers!apple!dan
From: dan@Apple.COM (Dan Allen)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.hypercard
Subject: Re: help with returnInField message
Message-ID: <16641@apple.Apple.COM>
Date: 5 Sep 88 23:46:15 GMT
References: <265@aeras.UUCP>
Reply-To: dan@apple.com.UUCP (Dan Allen)
Organization: Apple Computer Inc, Cupertino, CA
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In article <265@aeras.UUCP> edc@aeras.UUCP (news guest account) writes:
>Ok, here's my problem:
>
>I have a field called entry and another called lst.  lst is a scrolling field.
>The idea is I want the first line of the entry field to be copied into
>the lst field whenever I hit a return key in the entry field.
>
>What's wrong with this script:
>
>on returnInField
>  get line 1 of field "entry"
>  put it into line 1 of field "lst"
>  CloseField
>end returnInField
>
>This is the script for my entry field.  When I hit the return key, it
>crashes the system. Is it because I am not clearing the entry field?
>why won't CloseField do the job? How do I clear the contents of a field 
>anyway.  

What does CloseField do? Is that another script of yours? Or do you mean
to send the message closeField? How does the system crash? Are you using
HC 1.2? Auto-tab is set for this field?  Are they card or bkgnd fields?

Dan Allen
Apple Computer