Setting Default Choices for Country or State Pickers

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NEW: Setting Default Choices for Country or State Pickers (7/15/97)

Q: How do I set a default country for protoCountryTextPicker or default state for protoUSstatesTextPicker?

A: You can specify a default country/state by adding a slot called 'default to the params frame. The slot must contain the name of the country (protoCountryTextPicker) or state (protoUSstatesTextPicker) as a string. For example, if you wanted the protoCountryTextPicker to default to Canada, you could do the following in the viewSetupFormScript:

    // get a writeable copy of the params frame
    self.params := Clone(params);
    params.default := "Canada";