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Article #18696Re: HyperCard file reading test
From: Ed Anson
Date: Wed, 02 Sep 1987 17:26
Date: Wed, 02 Sep 1987 17:26
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In article <3768@sdcsvax.UCSD.EDU> graifer@net1.UUCP (Dan Graifer) writes: >on mouseUp > open file "Test Text" > read from file "Test Text" until return > put size of it into message > close file "Test Text" >end mouseUp > >this rule always gives a 0 result, even if I change the "until return" to >"for 100". Size is a stack property. I ran the same script, and got different results. The first line of the file "Test Text" was interpreted as the name of a stack. The size of that stack was placed in the message box. In other words, HyperTalk dereferenced "it" before applying it as a parameter. Of course, it is possible to say put it into message and see the first line of your file. Now, has anybody figured out how to determine the length of a record? -- ===================================================================== Ed Anson, Calcomp Display Products Division, Hudson NH 03051 (603) 885-8712, anson@elrond.CalComp.COM
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Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!utzoo!mnetor!uunet!husc6!rutgers!labrea!decwrl!decvax!savax!elrond!anson From: anson@elrond.CalComp.COM (Ed Anson) Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac Subject: Re: HyperCard file reading test Message-ID: <1210@elrond.CalComp.COM> Date: Wed, 2-Sep-87 13:26:38 EDT Article-I.D.: elrond.1210 Posted: Wed Sep 2 13:26:38 1987 Date-Received: Sat, 5-Sep-87 06:49:40 EDT References: <100@f.gp.cs.cmu.edu> <3768@sdcsvax.UCSD.EDU> Reply-To: anson@elrond.UUCP (Ed Anson) Distribution: na Organization: Calcomp Display Products Division, Hudson, NH, USA Lines: 25 Keywords: How NOT to read files with HyperCard!