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HyperTalk Reference

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closeBackground

closeBackground

Handler:

on closeBackground
   statements
end closeBackground

HyperCard sends the closeBackground message to the current card when a user (or handler) quits HyperCard, goes to a card whose background is different from the background of the current card, and when a background or stack is deleted.

Placeholders

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

Related Topics

• deleteBackground
• Message sending orders
• newBackground
• openBackground
• Where messages are sent initially