YAHCB (Yet Another HyperCard Bug)

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Subject: YAHCB (Yet Another HyperCard Bug)
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Date: Thu, 3-Dec-87 21:55:24 EST
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Posted: Thu Dec 3 21:55:24 1987
Date-Received: Thu, 10-Dec-87 00:47:27 EST
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If you use GET or PUT to put a script into a container, it works fine in
a mouseUp handler, but EXECUTES the script in a mouseDown handler! For
example, put

on mouseup
beep 2
end mouseup

into the card script. Then, make a button and put

on mouseup
get the script of this card
end mouseup

into its script. When you click on the button, everything works normally,
BUT, if you change the button's script to

on mousedown
get the script of this card
end mousedown

HyperCard beeps twice when you click on the button! Also, on page 502 of
the HyperCard Hnadbook, Danny says you can type "get the script of this
stack" in the message box. He must have a different version of HyperCard
than I do, as all I get is "can't understand arguments to command get."
Anyone else get the same result?

Jim Taylor
Microcomputer Support for Curriculum, Brigham Young University
[email protected]