chuq%plaid@Sun.COM (Chuq Von Rospach) (10/05/87)
[Anyone for comp.sys.mac.hypercard? or comp.lang.hypercard? Here's another one that should be a no-brainer, but the information doesn't seem to be in the Goodman book. I want to have a line on one of my cards that says "card #<num> of <num>". I can find the second value, the total number of cards. I can't find any documentation for getting what card number this is. Goodman simply says "since cards can be re-arranged, use the card id and not that card number" -- well, I WANT that card number. Any idea what the variable for this it? chuq Chuq Von Rospach chuq@sun.COM Editor, OtherRealms Delphi: CHUQ Bye bye life! Bye bye happiness! Hello, loneliness, I think I'm gonna die.
fry@huma1.HARVARD.EDU (David Fry) (10/06/87)
In article <29981@sun.uucp> chuq%plaid@Sun.COM (Chuq Von Rospach) writes: >[Anyone for comp.sys.mac.hypercard? or comp.lang.hypercard? > >Here's another one that should be a no-brainer, but the information doesn't >seem to be in the Goodman book. I want to have a line on one of my cards >that says "card #<num> of <num>". I can find the second value, the total >number of cards. I can't find any documentation for getting what card number >this is. Goodman simply says "since cards can be re-arranged, use the card >id and not that card number" -- well, I WANT that card number. You want to ask for "the number of this card". Pretty nifty, huh? I think you should give Goodman's book more credit; these things are in there, albeit well hidden. David Fry fry@huma1.harvard.EDU Department of Mathematics fry@harvma1.bitnet Harvard University ...!harvard!huma1!fry Cambridge, MA 02138
faulkner@scdpyr.UUCP (Bill Faulkner) (10/06/87)
In article <29981@sun.uucp>, chuq%plaid@Sun.COM (Chuq Von Rospach) writes: > [Anyone for comp.sys.mac.hypercard? or comp.lang.hypercard? [Sure, sounds like a good time to me] > Here's another one that should be a no-brainer, but the information doesn't > seem to be in the Goodman book. I want to have a line on one of my cards > that says "card #<num> of <num>". I can find the second value, the total > number of cards. I can't find any documentation for getting what card number > this is. Goodman simply says "since cards can be re-arranged, use the card > id and not that card number" -- well, I WANT that card number. Well, I just found out by using a little reasoning. I know that it at least works in the message box (I just tried it). Anyway the command to get the current card number is: put the number of this card into x where x is the container that you want the card number in. Boy, don't you love it when the right answer is also the obvious one. -- Bill Faulkner * NCAR (Nat'l Center for Atmospheric Research) PO Box 3000 * Boulder, CO 80307-3000 * 303-497-1259 UUCP: faulkner@scdpyr.UUCP or ..!hao!scdpyr!faulkner INTERNET: faulkner@scdpyr.ucar.edu ARPA: faulkner%ncar@csnet-relay.arpa
freedman@calgary.UUCP (Dan Freedman) (10/06/87)
In article <29981@sun.uucp>, chuq%plaid@Sun.COM (Chuq Von Rospach) writes: > > I want to have a line on one of my cards > that says "card #<num> of <num>". I can find the second value, the total > number of cards. I can't find any documentation for getting what card number > this is. Hmm, try typing "number of this card" in to the message box. I suspect that you will get the value you want. Dan Freedman University of Calgary Computer Science Department