The purpose of this lab is to introduce you to the HyperTalk programming language.
Refer to pages 379-384 of the Appendix for a summary of the HyperTalk
vocabulary.
Answer the review questions on page 135 (for question 2, assume sum = 14). You will not have to hand this in, but you should come to next lab prepared to discuss these questions and ask about anything you don't understand.
Finish up this lab if you didn't have time to complete it in class.
Copy module4 from the Classes file server to your
disk.
Remember to drag the file server icon to the trash once you've copied
today's files.
Begin with lab exercise 1 on page 121.
When you have finished lab exercise 1, open a new copy of
the stack "No Account." We want to add a new card to this stack
which will have a different background from the current one. To do this,
create a new background. This automatically creates a new card with this
background.
Create a field on this card that says "Welcome to stack
"No Account" "
Modify the stack script so that when the stack is opened, the first
card which appears is the card you just created.
Add a button to the new card which will save a copy of this stack.
Add a button to the new card. Write a script for this button which will link it to the original card.
Modify the stack script so that when the stack is opened,
the menu bar disappears.
Add a button to the "welcome" card which will display the menubar.
Add a line to the stack script so that the "welcome" field
is locked when the stack is opened.
When you have finished, call one of us over to show us your
changes.
Syntax statements show the most general form of a command or function
with all the elements in the correct order.
The syntax statements shown below use the following typographic conventions.
Words or phrases in this kind of type are Hypertalk keywords that
you type exactly as shown.
Square brackets [ ] enclose optional elements that may be
included if you need them.
(Don't type the brackets.)
Emphasized words are placeholders describing general
elements, not specific names.
For example, property stands for any of the Hypertalk
properties associated with the given object, such as lockText
or visible.