{"identifier":28985,"topic":"","name":"What are messages? 3","text":"<b>Where does HyperCard send the message? <\/b> HyperCard determines what object the user has acted on and uses this as the \u201caddress\u201d for the message. HyperCard then sends the message to one of its objects: <br><br>\n\n \u2022 a button \u2022 a field \u2022 a card \u2022 a background \u2022 a stack <br>\n<br>\n\n\n\nOnce HyperCard knows both the content of the message (the message name) and the destination of the message (where to send it), it sends\nthe message to the object.","related":{"6658":"Handling messages","26982":"on","10397":"Writing function handlers","9950":"Writing message handlers"},"examples":"","demo":"","debug":{"9":["Where does HyperCard"],"10":["\r\r\rOnce HyperCard kn"]}}