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startUp

startUp

Handler:

on startUp 
   statements
end startUp

HyperCard sends the startUp message to the first card displayed when HyperCard is first started.

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