Why need "card" to specify field?

[Jan Schenkel]

--- Andrew Duncan <aduncan at expertcity.com> wrote:
> In a stack imported from a HyperCard stack, I need
> to prefix a 
> reference to a field with the word "card". E.g.
> evaluating 'the rect of 
> field "x"' in the message box fails with "no such
> object" but 
> evaluating 'the rect of card field "x"' works.
> 
> In other Rev stack I've created, the word "card" is
> not necessary. 
> Rereading the Rev Dictionary info for HC
> programmers, and about 
> importing stacks, I see nothing about this. Looking
> in the dictionary 
> for the "field" keyword and the field objects says
> nothing about this. 
> Searching for "card field" turns up nothing.
> 
> Why is this extra word necessary?
> 
> Andrew
> aduncan at expertcity.com
> 

Hi Andrew,

When the HyperCard stack was imported, Revolution
automatically set the 'HCAddressing' property to true,
to allow older scripts to work properly.
When you create a new project, Revolution will set
this property to false ; hence the difference in
behaviour.

Hope this clarified it,

Jan Schenkel.

=====
"As we grow older, we grow both wiser and more foolish at the same time."  (La Rochefoucauld)

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