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idle

idle
Handler:

on idle
   statements
end idle
HyperCard repeatedly sends the idle message to the current card when no other events are occurring (that is, when all handlers have finished running and HyperCard itself isn’t sending other messages).


Placeholders

statements
Any return-separated list of built-in commands, user-defined handlers, or keywords that are part of a message or function handler.

put "Hello world"   -- built-in command
get total(field 1)  -- function call
global HelpInfo     -- keyword


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Note: This is a work in progress and will be formatting errors. Read more about the project on the home page.

idle

idle
Handler:

on idle
   statements
end idle
HyperCard repeatedly sends the idle message to the current card when no other events are occurring (that is, when all handlers have finished running and HyperCard itself isn’t sending other messages).


Placeholders

statements
Any return-separated list of built-in commands, user-defined handlers, or keywords that are part of a message or function handler.

put "Hello world"   -- built-in command
get total(field 1)  -- function call
global HelpInfo     -- keyword


Related Topics

« exitField | HyperTalk Reference | mouseDoubleClick »

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