-- card: 4575 from stack: in
-- bmap block id: 4723
-- flags: 0000
-- background id: 2784
-- name: 


-- part 1 (field)
-- low flags: 01
-- high flags: 0000
-- rect: left=6 top=51 right=312 bottom=505
-- title width / last selected line: 0
-- icon id / first selected line: 0 / 0
-- text alignment: 0
-- font id: 3
-- text size: 12
-- style flags: 0
-- line height: 16
-- part name: 


-- part 2 (button)
-- low flags: 00
-- high flags: 0000
-- rect: left=1 top=307 right=336 bottom=38
-- title width / last selected line: 0
-- icon id / first selected line: 902 / 902
-- text alignment: 1
-- font id: 0
-- text size: 12
-- style flags: 0
-- line height: 16
-- part name: Prev
----- HyperTalk script -----
on mouseUp
  visual effect scroll right
  go to previous card
end mouseUp


-- part 4 (button)
-- low flags: 00
-- high flags: 0000
-- rect: left=2 top=22 right=51 bottom=38
-- title width / last selected line: 0
-- icon id / first selected line: 29114 / 29114
-- text alignment: 1
-- font id: 0
-- text size: 12
-- style flags: 0
-- line height: 16
-- part name: Return
----- HyperTalk script -----
on mouseUp
  visual effect iris close
  pop card
end mouseUp



-- part contents for card part 1
----- text -----
You can use HyperArchy to store text data or picture data.  The data is stored in multiple stacks, built up of Element Cards.  The control buttons on the card help you create new cards and automatically link them to cards that they are related to.  The buttons also  allow you to move from card to card according to their hierarchical relationships.  (See the section in this manual "About Hierarchical Databases" for more information.)  The "Delete" button provides a way to remove all related cards with a single mouse click.

Using HyperArchy is a good way to set up an organized database.  It is also a good example of simple hierarchical database programming.  If you obtain an unlocked Element Card, you can enhance its basic functions to a high degree, without worring about basic record and relationship managenent.

I built the Element Card as a first step in building an invoice generation and control database for my wife's business.  HyperArchy should be useful for many simple database construction projects.