`the suspended`

The<code> suspended </code>property returns whether HyperCard is currently running in the background under MultiFinder® or under System 7.X. You can switch to another program while a handler is running, and scripts will continue to run in the background.

Use the<code> suspended </code>property in a handler to alter the handler’s behavior if it’s running in the background—for example, to avoid displaying<code> ask </code>or<code> answer </code>dialog boxes.

HyperCard gives time to MultiFinder (and thus to other programs) as follows:

* After it executes each HyperTalk      statement in a handler
* Whenever it rotates the busy cursor      (during compacting, sorting,     and printing)
* During the execution of the      <code>show cards </code>command and the      <code>wait </code>command