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deleteCard

deleteCard
Handler:

on deleteCard
   statements
end deleteCard
HyperCard sends the deleteCard message to a card that is being deleted just before the card disappears.

Note: You cannot stop a card from being deleted by trapping the deleteCard message. Instead, you must handle the doMenu message or set the cantDelete property for the card.


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.

deleteCard

deleteCard
Handler:

on deleteCard
   statements
end deleteCard
HyperCard sends the deleteCard message to a card that is being deleted just before the card disappears.

Note: You cannot stop a card from being deleted by trapping the deleteCard message. Instead, you must handle the doMenu message or set the cantDelete property for the card.


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

« deleteButton | HyperTalk Reference | deleteField »

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