[comp.sys.mac.hypercard] Son of "What Really Happens..."

eacelari@phoenix.Princeton.EDU (Edward A Celarier) (07/20/90)

OK, netlanders, those who recall that I posted  a day or so back
with the startup problem have seen some of the answers that came
back.  I'm glad to know I have some company in grousing about the
documentation.  I do have a copy of the Addison-Wesley book.  If
it has the answer, I haven't found it yet.  (It has always seemed
to me that a demonstration of hypercard's abilities would be simply
a comprehensive manual stack a la hypermedia)

Well, I put the following text into the stack script.  It's the only
thing there.  Now the text cursor blinks momentarily in the
right field later in the game, but almost immediately goes away.
Nothing
more seems to happen.


on startup
  global foo
  if foo is empty then
    put "bar" into foo
    send startup
    set the userlevel to 4
    doMenu "copy Card"
    doMenu paste Card
    put the Date into cd fld id 22
    put the Time into cd fld id 23
    click at the loc of cd fld id 4
  else
    pass startup
  end if
end startup

Any thoughts?

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