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From: moore@cs.washington.edu (Charles Moore)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.hypercard
Subject: a new button is called "New Button"
Message-ID: <10752@june.cs.washington.edu>
Date: 16 Feb 90 01:25:53 GMT
Organization: U of Washington, Computer Science, Seattle
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In article <46@exodus.Eng.Sun.COM>, woodard@troll.sun.com (Mike &) writes:
> 
> Also, is there a way to specify a newly created object?
> How can I name, or otherwise talk about something thats
> brand new?
> 
> doMenu "New Button"
> set the name of button ??? to "junk"

When you create a new button it's name is initially set to "New Button".
Thus, the command you want is:

set the name of button "New Button" to "junk"

Something similar should work for new cards and new fields.

Charles