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resumeStack

resumeStack
Handler:

on resumeStack
   statements
end resumeStack
HyperCard sends the resumeStack message to the current card when the stack’s window becomes active after being inactive (for example, when the user clicks in a window).

HyperCard sends resumeStack only when it is displaying more than one stack.

Important: HyperCard does not send resumeStack when the user switches to HyperCard from another layer under MultiFinder. (Click Related Topics for more information about the property the suspended.)


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

« resume | HyperTalk Reference | sizeWindow »


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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.

resumeStack

resumeStack
Handler:

on resumeStack
   statements
end resumeStack
HyperCard sends the resumeStack message to the current card when the stack’s window becomes active after being inactive (for example, when the user clicks in a window).

HyperCard sends resumeStack only when it is displaying more than one stack.

Important: HyperCard does not send resumeStack when the user switches to HyperCard from another layer under MultiFinder. (Click Related Topics for more information about the property the suspended.)


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

« resume | HyperTalk Reference | sizeWindow »

Version 0.7b1 (March 24, 2022)

Made with Macintosh

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