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HyperTalk Reference

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marked

set [the] marked of card to trueOrFalse

The marked property returns or sets whether a card is marked. It corresponds to the Card Marked check box in a Card Info dialog box.

You can operate on the set of marked cards with commands such as print, go, show, and sort.

Examples

set the marked of this card to true

set the marked of last card of next background to false

set the marked of marked card 1 to false

An expression that identifies a card by name, number, or id using one of the following forms (in AppleScript, use “background” in place of “bkgnd”):

recent card

back

forth

card id posInteger [of bkgnd

card text [of bkgnd] -- name

card posInteger [of bkgnd] -- number

ordinal card [of bkgnd]

position card [of bkgnd]

ordinal marked card

position marked card

marked card posInteger

For example:

card id 3894

card "Index"

card 1 of background 1

prev card

previous card of this background

next card

this card

first card

last card

middle card

any card

first marked card

last marked card

next marked card

previous marked card

marked card 1

marked card (the number of marked cards)

When used inside a card script in HyperTalk: me

When a card receives a message: [the] target

Any expression that evaluates to the HyperTalk and AppleScript constants true or false.

For example:

true

false

the hilite of bg btn "Yes"

fld "Zip" contains "95014"

the short name of this stack is "Fred"

Version 0.8b4 (July 4, 2025)