HyperCard Correction: Globals Retained After Open Command (7/93)
It is written that "When you quit the application you go to the card you
were on in HyperCard when you executed the Open command. However, any
global variables you had previously declared are now gone, and any portions
of handlers that remained unfinished when you executed the open command do
not finish."
This is not entirely true.
Portions of handlers following the Open command will continue to execute in
the background. Global variables are retained after quitting an application
launched with the Open command.
This article is adapted from the Claris Tech Info database.