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).

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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

idle

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