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From: klatchko@bnrmtv.UUCP (Ron Klatchko)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.hypercard
Subject: Re: copying foregrounds and bug with long button names
Summary: use cantdelete property
Keywords: foreground, deletable, property, long names
Message-ID: <3863@bnrmtv.UUCP>
Date: 12 Sep 88 20:15:54 GMT
Article-I.D.: bnrmtv.3863
References: <5694@june.cs.washington.edu>
Organization: Bell Northern Research, Mtn. View, CA
Lines: 16

In article <5694@june.cs.washington.edu>, moore@june.cs.washington.edu (Charles Moore) writes:
> The "deletable" property of a card corresponds to whether or not the "Can't
> delete card." box in the "Card Info..." dialog box is checked.  Now I want
> to have an undeletable template of a card (both background and foreground)
> and I want to make a deletable copy of it.  I want to do all of this from a
> script.  The problem is that the "deletable" property isn't really a
> property at all and so isn't alterable from within a script.

> (2) If not, is there a way to change the "deletable" property from within a
> script?  (It seems like there ought to be.)

In HyperCard 1.2 you can change the "deleteable" property from within
a script.  You simply do a 'set cantdelete of card ... to (true/false)'.
I beleive this also works for backgrounds but I'm not sure.

Ron Klatchko
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