ldo@waikato.ac.nz (Lawrence D'Oliveiro, Waikato University) (01/30/91)
It occurred to me that, unlike other objects in HyperCard 2.0, the only apparent way to refer to a window is by name. Perhaps we need something resembling the "id" or "number" of a window. This becomes more important now that externals (XCMDs/XFCNs) can create their own windows. It's particularly handy being able to create an invisible window, purely to provide a place to store some information in between calls to the external from HyperTalk, and then find that window on a subsequent call by checking some distinctive property of it. Needless to say, I make sure to generate unique names for all my hidden windows, but other people's code might not be so well-behaved... Lawrence D'Oliveiro fone: +64-71-562-889 Computer Services Dept fax: +64-71-384-066 University of Waikato electric mail: ldo@waikato.ac.nz Hamilton, New Zealand 37^ 47' 26" S, 175^ 19' 7" E, GMT+13:00