a347@mindlink.UUCP (John Miller) (01/11/91)
> I'd like to create buttons dynamically within a script, but I > haven't found a way to do this. A new button can be created using the command domenu "New Button" The trick is gaining access to this button so that you can set the name and location. The button is added to the "end of the list." -- Create the button domenu "New Button" -- Figure out the button number put the number of buttons into btnNumb -- Make it look right set the name of button btnNumb to "Bob" set the rect of button btnNumb to 10,40,80,60 set the style of button btnNumb to "shadow" -- Be sure to go back to browse tool after creating -- all the buttons choose browse tool You might want to use "lock screen" and "unlock screen" around these statements so that the user doesn't see the button until the script has finished building it. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- John Miller (604) 433-1795 Symplex Systems AppleLink (rarely) CDA0461 Burnaby, British Columbia Fax: (604) 430-8516 Canada usenet: john_miller@mindlink.uucp ----------------------------------------------------------------------
jamii@oxygen.uucp (Jamii K. Corley) (01/12/91)
I'm new to HyperCard programming and have an application that I think should
be fairly easy to create, but I can't seem to find a way of doing it. I have
a file that contains some subject headers and articles. I'd like to read it
with Hyper Card and create a page of buttons one for each subject. Since I
don't know what these subjects will be a head of time, I'd like to create
buttons dynamically within a script, but I haven't found a way to do this.
Any suggestions are welcomed.
Thanks,
Jamii Corley
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In article <4413@mindlink.UUCP> a347@mindlink.UUCP (John Miller) writes: > > I'd like to create buttons dynamically within a script, but I > > haven't found a way to do this. > > A new button can be created using the command > domenu "New Button" > > The trick is gaining access to this button so that you can set the > name and location. The button is added to the "end of the list." > > -- Create the button > domenu "New Button" > -- Figure out the button number > put the number of buttons into btnNumb > -- Make it look right > set the name of button btnNumb to "Bob" > set the rect of button btnNumb to 10,40,80,60 > set the style of button btnNumb to "shadow" > -- Be sure to go back to browse tool after creating > -- all the buttons > choose browse tool <etc.> An even simpler solution: domenu "New Button" set name of last btn to "Bob" set rect of last btn to 10,40,80,60 set style of last btn to "shadow" choose browse tool Cheers, Eric. __________________________________________________________________ | Eric Kofoid; Dept. Biology, U. of Utah; SLC, UT 84112 | | (801) 581-3592 | | kofoid@bioscience.utah.edu | | | | -- The University of Utah is blameless for anything I've said -- | |__________________________________________________________________|