Microsoft KB Archive/65068

Mac Hyp: Error in Documentation for getMessageList

Article ID: Q65068
Creation Date: 20-AUG-1990
Revision Date: 19-OCT-1994 The information in this article applies to:

Microsoft Mail Software Development Kit (SDK) for HyperCard, version 2.0

SUMMARY

In the "Microsoft Mail HyperCard Interface Documentation" stack on the getMessageList card, the documentation incorrectly reads as follows:

   msmail(getMessageList, [typefilter] [subjectfilter]
   [enclosurefilter])

It should read as follows:

   msmail(getMessageList [,typefilter] [,subjectfilter]
   [,enclosurefilter])

All arguments in a msmail function must be separated with a comma. To skip or omit an argument but use a later argument, a placeholder of "" is required. MORE INFORMATION

The following is an example of omitting an argument:

   get msmail(getMessageList, "", "", "TEXT")

For more information on external functions in HyperCard, see pages 521-566 of "The Waite Group's Tricks of the HyperTalk Masters" (Hayden Books, 1989).

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