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enableenable menu enable menuItem of menu enable button
The enable command activates menu items, entire menus, or buttons that are inactive (dimmed). It’s a shortcut for setting the enabled property to true. The enable command enables only items in HyperCard’s menus that are currently available to the user. For example, the following command will not enable the Button Info command in the Objects menu unless a button is currently selected: enable menuItem 1 of menu "Objects"
Examplesenable menu "File" enable menu 2 enable second menu enable menuItem "New" of menu "File" enable menuItem 2 of menu 2 enable second menuItem of second menu enable background button 3 enable last button
Related Topics Placeholders
menuAn expression that evaluates to one of the following: menu text menu posInteger ordinal menu
For example: menu "File" menu 2 second menu
menuItemAn expression that evaluates to one of the following: menuItem text menuItem posInteger ordinal menuItem
For example: menuItem "New" menuItem 2 second menuItem
buttonHyperTalk Definition An expression that identifies a button by name, number, or id, using one of the following forms: [card] button id posInteger [of card] [card] button text [of card] -- name [card] button posInteger [of card] ordinal [card] button [of card] bkgnd button id posInteger [of card] bkgnd button text [of card] -- name bkgnd button posInteger [of card] ordinal bkgnd button [of card]
For example: card button id 3894 card button "Return" card button 1 first card button bkgnd button 2 of card 2 last bkgnd button
When used inside a button script: me When a button receives a message: [the] target A button can also be referred to as a part when you’re talking about its position among all buttons and fields within the same card or background. AppleScript Definition An expression that identifies a button by name, number, or id, using the same forms as HyperTalk except that “background” must be used in place of “bkgnd”.
HyperTalk Reference
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