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idle

idle

Handler:

on idle

  statements

end idle

HyperCard repeatedly sends the idle message to the current card when no other events are occurring (that is, when all handlers have finished running and HyperCard itself isn’t sending other messages).

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

HyperTalk Reference

Commands sent automatically

Message sending orders

Where messages are sent initially

idle

idle

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Placeholders

statements