[comp.sys.mac.hypercard] Calling the LinkTo dialog from Hypertalk?

serre@boulder.Colorado.EDU (SERRE GLENN) (10/26/90)

The subject line says it all, but the repeat:  How can I call the "LinkTo"
dialog from Hypertalk (in HC 2.0) and get the output (the dialog I refer to is
the one you get when you click the Link To button from Button Info).  

Also, I'd be interested in other ways that people might go about getting 
link information while executing Hypertalk scripts.  

As always, email and I will summarize answers (if any) to the net.  

BTW, although I have only had HC 2.0 fro a few days, I am already impressed. 
Thanks!

--Glenn Serre
serre@tramp.colorado.edu

maller@applelink.apple.com (Steve Maller) (10/31/90)

In article <28720@boulder.Colorado.EDU> serre@boulder.Colorado.EDU (SERRE 
GLENN) writes:
 > How can I call the "LinkTo" dialog from Hypertalk (in HC 2.0) and
 > get the output (the dialog I refer to is the one you get when you
 > click the Link To button from Button Info).

You can't call the built-in windoid from HyperTalk. However, some 
enterprising XCMD hacker out there is probably working on a clone of the 
LinkTo windoid as we speak. It sould be a nice utility to have around.

Or, you could make one yourself with the Palette Maker card in the Power 
Tools stack.

Steve Maller
HyperCard Engineering Team
Apple Computer
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