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suspendStack

suspendStack
Handler:

on suspendStack
   statements
end suspendStack
HyperCard sends the suspendStack message to the current card when the stack’s window becomes inactive (for example, when the user clicks another card window).

HyperCard sends suspendStack only when it is displaying more than one stack.
Important: HyperCard does not send suspendStack when the user switches to another layer under MultiFinder. (Click Related Topics for more information about the property the suspended.)


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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