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HyperTalk Reference

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language

set [the] language to resourceName

where resourceName is a language supported by HyperCard.

The language property returns or sets the language in which HyperCard displays scripts. The default setting is English, and it’s always available.

To use other languages, a script translator resource must exist in the current stack, any stack later in the message-passing order, or in HyperCard itself.

Contrast this property with the scriptingLanguage of object, which describes an object's scripting system.

Examples

Placeholders

resourceName

A text expression that evaluates to the name of a resource in the current stack, a stack being used, the Home stack, or HyperCard itself.

Resources have different types. Some common resource types used with HyperCard are PICT, ICON, XCMD, and XFCN.

object

HyperTalk Definition

The object HyperCard, or any expression that identifies an object by name, number, or id.

For example:

AppleScript Definition

An identifiable part of an application, or a thing within an application that can respond to commands.