```
close printing
close file <i>fileName</i>
close [<i>document</i> { in | with } ] ¬
            <i>application</i>
close { <i>externalWindow</i> | card window}
```

The<code> close printing </code>command ends a print job previously begun with an<code> open printing </code>command.

The<code> close file </code>command closes a disk file previously opened with the<code> open file </code>command. Usually, you open files to import or export text. Always use<code> close file </code>when you’re finished.

If you try to close an unopened file,<code> the result </code>gets<code> File not open.</code>

HyperCard automatically closes all open files when

* it runs an<code> exit to HyperCard </code>    statement,
* the user presses Command-. (Command-period), or
* the user quits HyperCard.

You must provide the full path name of the file if it’s not at the same directory level as HyperCard.

The `close [document {in|with}] <i>application</i>` command closes the named running document, application,  or desk accessory.   (The words `in` and `with` are synonymous.)

Note: This command works only with Apple event-aware applications running under System 7 on the same Macintosh as HyperCard.

If the document or application isn’t running, `the result` is set to `No such document` or `No such application`  as appropriate.

The form close application sends a quit Apple event, while the form  `close document {in|with} <i>application</i>`  sends a `clos` Apple event.

All Apple event-aware applications support the `quit` Apple event, but they don’t all support `clos`.

The `close <i>externalWindow</i>` command closes an external window—a palette or other window displayed by an external command or external function—and removes it from the window list.

Thus you can’t `show` an external window once you’ve closed it; you’ll have to create a new one using its external command or external function.

The `close card window` command closes the frontmost stack if at least two stacks are open.

HyperCard also sends the `close` command to the current card when  the user clicks the close box of  the card window.  You can handle the message as follows:

```
on close
  <i>statements</i>
end close
```