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From: jgsmith@watson.bcm.tmc.edu (James G. Smith)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.hypercard
Subject: Re: Backgrounds, sub (super backgrounds)
Summary: how I make identical bkgnds
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Date: 14 Mar 90 19:44:47 GMT
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The way I would make a new background starting out looking just like another
background is to go to any card in the original background, copy the card
to the clip board, change the name of the current background, and then paste 
the card on the clip board.  You will now have to backgrounds which look idential.  I have done this.  Let me say it this way:

doMenu "Copy Card"
set name of this bkgnd to "Some Other Name"
doMenu "Paste Card"

-- if you want to switch names back, then

put short name of this background into theName
set name of bkgnd "Some Other Name" to theName
set name of this bkgnd to "Some Other Name"

-- this last part I have NOT tried...I'm not sure you can set the name of a
-- a background from another background...but I don't see why not.

*
(please don't flame my impromptu script...I now see multiple ways to make it
better.)
(has anyone else started communicationg in HyperTalk?)