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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
statementsAny 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
- deleteBackground
- Message sending orders
- newBackground
- openBackground
- Where messages are sent initially
System messages
closeBackground
