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In article <29981@sun.uucp>, chuq%plaid@Sun.COM (Chuq Von Rospach) writes:
> [Anyone for comp.sys.mac.hypercard? or comp.lang.hypercard?

 [Sure, sounds like a good time to me]


> Here's another one that should be a no-brainer, but the information doesn't
> seem to be in the Goodman book. I want to have a line on one of my cards
> that says "card #<num> of <num>". I can find the second value, the total
> number of cards. I can't find any documentation for getting what card number
> this is. Goodman simply says "since cards can be re-arranged, use the card
> id and not that card number" -- well, I WANT that card number.

Well, I just found out by using a little reasoning.  I know that it
at least works in the message box (I just tried it).  Anyway  the command
to get the current card number is:

  put the number of this card into x

where x is the container that you want the card number in.  Boy, don't
you love it when the right answer is also the obvious one.


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