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showPict
The showPict property returns or sets whether HyperCard shows any graphics or paint text for a card and background. The default value is true, meaning that all graphics and paint appear.
When a card picture or background picture is hidden and you try to use a Paint tool on it or paste a picture onto it, a dialog box appears asking if you want to make the picture visible. Clicking OK shows the picture; clicking the Cancel button cancels the action.
If you draw on a hidden picture from a handler, you do not get the dialog box, and whatever you draw will appear after you set showPict to true.
Examples
Demo Script
Related Topics
Placeholders
card
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”):
For example:
When used inside a card script in HyperTalk: me
When a card receives a message: [the] target
See also: button and field
trueOrFalse
Any expression that evaluates to the HyperTalk and AppleScript constants true or false.
For example:
bkgnd
A HyperTalk expression that identifies a background by name, number, or id, using one of the following forms:
For example:
From within a background script, the term me refers to that background.
When a background receives a the message [the] target, that message is referring to the background.
See also: card
