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From: consp22@bingsune.cc.binghamton.edu (Darren Handler)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.hypercard
Subject: Need Help with Text File Searching
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Date: 7 Feb 90 19:59:27 GMT
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Reply-To: consp22@bingsune.cc.binghamton.edu (Darren Handler)
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I have a question for some of you more experienced HyperCard programmers.
I am going to be working on a stack to do some definition lookups on selected
words.  Does anybody have good ways to search through an external textfile
for a word.  The user will select a word from an onscreen field.  The program
will then have to access a dictionary on disk containing definitions that

Word
Definition
Definition
Definition

I want ot be able to display the word in one field on the screen and then the 
three lines of definition in another.  Any help would be appreciated.

Please E-mail if possible.

Thanks alot.

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