Hyper Card2.3 Getting Started

1 Using the Button Tasks Window You use the Button Tasks window to add the power of scripts to HyperCard without the need to know how to write them. Button Tasks is a Mac OS 7 feature: In order to use Button Tasks, you must be using Mac OS 7.0 or higher. 1 Opening the Button Tasks window To open the Button Tasks window, follow these steps: 1 Select the Button tool on the Tools palette. 2 Select any button. If no buttons exist yet, choose New Button from the Objects menu to create one. 3 Choose Button Info from the Objects menu. A dialog box appears. 4 Click Tasks. The Button Tasks window appears. 2 Chapter 1 Choosing tasks To assign a task to the button, follow these steps: 1 Click a feature on the left side of the Button Tasks window. The right side of the window displays options for that feature. Features Options 2 Click the option or options you want to use. Some features let you set more than one option. 3 Repeat steps 1 and 2 to assign additional tasks to the button. 4 When you’ve finished, click Assign Tasks. HyperCard creates a script for the button that adds the features you want and closes both the Button Tasks window and the Info dialog box. To throw away changes and to close the Button Tasks window, click Cancel. To see the complete script for the button, click Script in the Info dialog box. (When you’ve finished viewing the script, click the close box to put the script away.) Using the Button Tasks Window 3 Assigning built-in tasks HyperCard 2.3 comes with several built-in tasks. You may see additional features in the Button Tasks window. You assign them in the same way you assign the tasks described below. Going to a card You can set a button to go to a card in this or another stack. Follow these steps: 1 Click Go to a Card on the left side of the Button Tasks window. The right side of the window displays a list of destinations. 2 If the card you want to move to is in another stack or in a location that isn’t listed, move to that card. You may have to open another stack to locate the card. 3 Click the description of the …