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visible

set [the] visible of button to trueOrFalse

set [the] visible of field to trueOrFalse

set [the] visible of window to trueOrFalse

set the visible of externalWindow to trueOrFalse

set [the] visible of menuBar to trueOrFalse

The visible property returns or sets whether a button, field, window, or the menu bar is visible on the screen.

Setting the visible of a window to true makes it the frontmost window.

With external windows, an external command or external function must first create a window before the visible will work on it. Setting the visible of a window to true (showing it) will not create the window. Similarly, setting the visible of a window to false (hiding it) doesn't remove it from the window list (from memory); use the close command to dispose of a window.

Examples

the visible of card button 1

the visible of bkgnd field id 34

the visible of message box

the visible of tool window

the visible of card window

the visible of message watcher

the visible of variable watcher

set the visible of bkgnd button "Next" to false

set the visible of card window to true

set the visible of field 1 to not (the visible of field 1)

Demo Script

on flashButton

  hideShowObject "bkgnd btn id 57", 6

end flashButton

on hideShowObject whatObject, howManyTimes

  repeat for (howManyTimes * 2) times

    set the visible of whatObject to not the visible of whatObject

  end repeat

end hideShowObject

Placeholders

button

HyperTalk 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”.

trueOrFalse

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"

field

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

card field id posInteger [[of] card]

card field text [of card] -- name

card field posInteger [of card]

ordinal card field [of card]

[bkgnd] field id posInteger [of card]

[bkgnd] field text [of card] -- name

[bkgnd] field posInteger [of card]

ordinal [bkgnd] field [of card]

For example:

card field id 3894

card field "My Notes"

card field 1

first card field

background field 3 of card 1

When used inside a field script in HyperTalk: `me`

When a field receives a message: `[the] target`

A field 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.

`window`

One of HyperCard’s built-in windows, the window containing the current stack (called the card window), or any other window containing a stack, as follows:

card window

tool window

window "tools"

pattern window

window "Patterns"

scroll window

window "scroll"

[the] message [window]

[the] message [box]

[the] msg [window]

[the] msg [box]

window "message"

message watcher

window "message watcher"

variable watcher

window "variable watcher"

window "Home"

window "Readymade Buttons"

-- if longWindowTitles is true:

window "My HD:Home"

window 6

window ID 21403082

Note: If a window containing a stack is inactive, you can set only its location and visible properties.

Important: External windows can’t be substituted for the window placeholder (see the externalWindow placeHolder).

`externalWindow`

A window displayed by an external command or an external function; a window that’s not one of HyperCard’s built-in windows:

window "navigator"

window "Script of stack My HD:Home"

window "JT's Cool Palette"

See also: window placeholder


    
      
                HyperTalk Reference


    
      
        
        
                        address
                            autoHilite
                            autoSelect
                            autoTab
                            blindTyping
                            bottom
                            bottomRight
                            brush
                            cantAbort
                            cantDelete
                            cantModify
                            cantPeek
                            centered
                            checkMark
                            commandChar
                            cursor
                            debugger
                            dialingTime
                            dialingVolume
                            dontSearch
                            dontWrap
                            dragSpeed
                            editBkgnd
                            enabled
                            environment
                            family
                            filled
                            fixedLineHeight
                            freeSize
                            grid
                            height
                            hilite
                            icon
                            ID 
                            itemDelimiter
                            language
                            left
                            lineSize
                            location
                            lockErrorDialogs
                            lockMessages
                            lockRecent
                            lockScreen
                            lockText
                            longWindowTitles
                            markChar
                            marked
                            menuMessage
                            messageWatcher
                            multiple
                            multipleLines
                            multiSpace
                            name
                            number (property)
                            numberFormat
                            owner
                            partNumber
                            pattern
                            polySides
                            powerKeys
                            printMargins
                            printTextAlign
                            printTextFont
                            printTextHeight
                            printTextSize
                            printTextStyle
                            rectangle
                            reportTemplates
                            right
                            script
                            scriptEditor
                            scriptingLanguage
                            scriptTextFont
                            scriptTextSize
                            scroll
                            sharedHilite
                            sharedText
                            showLines
                            showName
                            showPict
                            size
                            stacksInUse
                            style
                            suspended
                            textAlign
                            textArrows
                            textFont
                            textHeight
                            textSize
                            textStyle
                            titleWidth
                            top
                            topLeft
                            traceDelay
                            userLevel
                            userModify
                            variableWatcher
                            version
              visible
              wideMargins
                            width
                            zoomed