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From: lrasmuss@nmsu.edu (Linda Rasmussen)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.hypercard
Subject: Hierarchical stack buttons
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Date: 13 Feb 90 18:15:37 GMT
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Does anyone know of an easy way to create UP and NEXT buttons in a very large 
hierarchical stack?  It looks something like this:

         a                a                  a
     b       b         b       b         b        b
   c c c   c c c     c c c   c c c     c c c    c c c

There are at least a hundred "a" cards; what we need is for UP arrow
buttons to go up to the parent "b" if they are a "c", or up to the 
parent "a" if they are a "b". We also need the NEXT arrows to go to
the next "a" if they are on an "a" card, the next "b" if they are on a 
"b" card, etc.  Obviously this can't be done with background arrows!
...But it is rather time consuming to have to script the up and 
next arrows on EVERY card.

Has anyone ever had to do this?  Did you come up with any brilliant
shortcuts?  

Thanks for any suggestions!



         Linda Rasmussen                     lrasmuss@nmsu.edu
         New Mexico State University           (505)646-5598