-- card: 5748 from stack: in.11_89 -- bmap block id: 0 -- flags: 0000 -- background id: 20383 -- name: -- part 1 (button) -- low flags: 00 -- high flags: 8003 -- rect: left=41 top=170 right=192 bottom=189 -- title width / last selected line: 0 -- icon id / first selected line: 0 / 0 -- text alignment: 1 -- font id: 0 -- text size: 12 -- style flags: 0 -- line height: 16 -- part name: Try it with Calculator ----- HyperTalk script ----- on mouseUp doMenu "Calculator" show msg at 10,207 put "Click the DA to make it active... click the msg box to return to HC" visual scroll left go next visual scroll right go prev end mouseUp -- part contents for background part 1 ----- text ----- SHORTCUTS -- part contents for background part 2 ----- text ----- Using DAs -- part contents for background part 3 ----- text ----- HyperCard won't let you work with DAs in the same way that other applications do. You can't just click on the HyperCard window to send the DA to the rear. You must close the DA in order to make HyperCard active again. BUT... if you keep the msg box on screen and cover the DA window with it, you can toggle back and forth between the DA and HyperCard by clicking on the msg box.