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From: GETTES@pucc.Princeton.EDU (Michael R. Gettes)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.hypercard
Subject: Re: Problem accessing stacks
Message-ID: <8572@pucc.Princeton.EDU>
Date: 7 Jun 89 00:42:26 GMT
References: <8559@pucc.Princeton.EDU> <32288@apple.Apple.COM>
Reply-To: GETTES@pucc.Princeton.EDU
Organization: Princeton University, NJ
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In article <32288@apple.Apple.COM>, jdevoto@Apple.COM (Jeanne A. E. DeVoto) writes:

>[HyperCard hangs when trying to open stacks]
>
>Have you replaced your copy of HyperCard *and your Home stack*? A corrupted
>copy of the application might cause these symptoms. It's less likely that a
>bad Home stack would cause an actual hang, but it is possible.

I did neither. Nothing else has changed. I have triple checked this. I have
also gone through to see if any other stacks and programs on the system
are bad by using them -- all seems fine except for accessing ADDRESS
and DATEBOOK.

>
>If all else fails in the attempted recovery of a stack that contains
>text you want to keep, try changing the stack's type signature from STAK
>to TEXT and read it with a text editor.
>
>jeanne a. e. devoto
>jdevoto@apple.com

Hmmm. A rather unfriendly method, but effective. I guess I am stuck with this.
What would cause Hypercard to freak out like this on a Stack?
If there was some problem with the stack, should it not report it instead
of hang?

/mrg