CS10

HyperCard Tip: Linking Buttons to Stacks


This note explains the process to create a link from a button to a stack.


If this is to be a new button, create it by choosing the New Button command from the Objects menu.

  1. Open the Button Info dialog window.

    With the Button tool selected (see the Tools menu), select (click on) the button for which you wish to establish a link, then choose Button Info from the Objects menu (or... just double click on the button).

  2. Select the Tasks... button at the bottom of the Button Info dialog window.

  3. Highlight the "Go to Destination" icon on the left portion of the Tasks dialog window.

  4. Select the Current Stack radio button.

  5. Drag the Tasks dialog window to a corner of the screen. You are about to change windows and you will want to be able to find this window to return to it.

  6. Open the stack to which you are linking. This can be done via the Open Stack... command under the File menu.

  7. Return the Tasks dialog window to the foreground by clicking on it. (Aren't you glad you moved it so that it wasn't completely covered by your destination stack?)

  8. Select the Assign Tasks button at the bottom of the Tasks dialog window.
Now, select the browsing tool and test your button!