beep 3 flash 3 play boing play harpsichord play harpsichord "60q 62e" play harpsichord "60q 62e 64h. 66s 67h 60w" ask "type your choice" answer "select choice" with "HyperCard" or "Supercard" or "Neither" answer "Today is:" && the date answer "Today is:" && the long date answer "Its:" && the time && item1 of the long date |
Type the script below into the field script and make sure that the field is locked
on mouseUp
select the clickLine
put word 2 of the clickLine into lino
do line lino of cd fld 1
end mouseUp
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Now try it out.
The key to this setup is these lines in the field script
put word 2 of the clickLine into lino
do line lino of cd fld 1
lino is a variable (a temporary container in this case)
the clickLine is a function peculiar to fields. It returns the line number and the field name containing the text in a field last clicked on by the user.
do is a keyword that carries out a HyperTalk statement
select the clickLine does the highlighting when the text is clicked on.
Fields that do things when you click on the individual lines are often used in HyperCard for such things as indexes.
For instance if you put all the card names of a stack in such a field they can be used to take the user to each card as they select its name from the index field.
Make a button under the field and type this script into it
on mouseUp do cd fld 1 end mouseUp |
When it is clicked the do keyword runs through the contents of the field statement by statement. The statements have to be separated by a return i.e they must be on separate lines. The statements can be in any container, a field , or a variable and they act just like script would that was made up of the same lines or statements.
