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From: aisl@uhura.cc.rochester.edu (Lawrence Landry)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.hypercard
Subject: Re: how to get field from specific card
Message-ID: <1974@ur-cc.UUCP>
Date: 15 May 89 13:35:36 GMT
References: <3028@viscous.sco.COM>
Reply-To: aisl@uhura.cc.rochester.edu (Lawrence Landry)
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In article <3028@viscous.sco.COM> jamesm@sco.COM (James M. Moore) writes:
>What's the syntax for getting a field from a specific named card?

I don't think that there is currently any way to do this other than to go to
that card.  You can make the script faster by locking the screen and avoiding
updating.

lock screen       -- don't show any changes in the screen until we unlock it
push card         -- save the original card
go card "XYZ"
get field "ABC"
pop card          -- return to the original card
unlock screen
put it somewhere

-- 
Larry Landry
University of Rochester