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From: robin@csuchico.EDU (Robin Goldstone)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.hypercard
Subject: question about implementing a 'find'
Keywords: find
Message-ID: <1191@csuchico.EDU>
Date: 3 Mar 89 17:46:15 GMT
Distribution: usa
Organization: California State University, Chico
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I am writing my first hypercard stack and could use a little advice on how
to implement something:  I want to implement the 'find' command via a
button, allowing the user to hit the button repeatedly to continue the 
search for the same item if the first match is not the right one.  With
the "Find..." menu command, this is implemented by doing an initial 'find'
then repeatedly pressing return to find subsequent matches.  I do not want
to use the menu "Find..." command because it requires the user to understand
about entering the text only the first time, then using return.  In fact,
I will probably hide the menu bar when I am done.  Instead, I want to use the
HyperTalk 'ask' command to get the string, then use the HyperTalk 'find'. 

For those of you who are still awake, here's the problem - my 'find' button
cannot keep issuing the 'find' command, because this just finds the first 
occurrance over and over.  How do I simulate the pressing of the return key
to find subsequent occurrances of the string? 

I hope I haven't confused you all or asked something that you just covered
yesterday... Post a reply if you want or reply directly to robin@csuchico.edu.

Thanks,
Robin Goldstone, Systems Software Specialist
California State University, Chico  Computer Center