I'm converting a program from the PC to run on Mac. Everything is going smoothly
(great job Scott and gang!) except for one thing. To make all the buttons look the
same between the two versions (PC and Mac), I set the Lookandfeel of the Mac version
to "Windows." This works great except now,
If you are createing duplicate backgrounds and copying them to new cards, you will end
up with all those backgrounds. I'm sure you are, but you might want to check to make
sure you are using the Edit background palette to place background on new cards.
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I have a MC program written in 2.2.5. A potential user contacted me to ask if it
would run okay under Win NT 4.0 sp6. Has anyone had any experience with MC on NT
machines?
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I have noticed a certain button behavior that has caused me problems in the
past. I'm not sure if it is a "bug" or a "feature." To explain how it
works, I created a new stack with one card with a button named "A1". The
script of button A1 is:
on mouseUp
beep
end mouseUp
When I click on
In a message dated 8/20/99 12:13:30 PM Central Daylight Time,
[EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
<< I have noticed a certain button behavior that has caused me problems in
the
past. I'm not sure if it is a "bug" or a "feature." To explain how it
works, I created a new stack with one card with a bu
I am currently putting the finishing touches on a MC project which we plan to
put on CD-ROM. The program presents map information on Biblical sites and
its size is around 10 Mb. Making it into a standalone will increase its size
even more. Based on the advice shared in this list, I plan to
I'd like to lock the error dialogs in a stack so the user will not see any
error messages. I put some the following into a button to try it out.
on mouseUp
kjfghmlr
end mouseUp
When I click the button I get an execution error as expected. Then I typed
into the Message Box:
set the lockEr
<< It's one of those properties that's reset at idle, so you have to set
it in the actual handler for the first message that gets sent. Also
note that nowadays using the "try--catch" control-structure is
preferred over "lock error dialogs" because it's easier to follow the
logic and easier t
<< You have another option in MetaCard, then. If you don't include the
"execution error" dialog in a standalone, the error is just sent to
the bit bucket ;-)
Regards,
Scott >>
Aha! Thanks Scott. That's exactly what i need.
Regards,
Philip
I'm in the process of splitting up a large project of about 200 cards into
eight smaller stacks which in order to conserve memory. To do this, I have
made eight copies of the program and I open each separately and delete all
the cards from that stack that I do not want in that particular por
<< The question is, how do I make it so graphics on the
PC can have there outside transparent? Now, I have tried the inks and
that works on the Mac but not on the PC. I have also tried using
Photoshop to make the outside of the graphic transparent, but when I
open it in MetaCard (I saved it
Is it possible to read the message box from a script?
Philip Chumbley
I have a stack with some buttons set to cascading with several items in the
button (menu) contents. I use the stack as a popup menu. Everything seems
to work find. The menu pops up, I can move the mouse across the buttons and
the cascaded menu appears and I can then select one of the menu i
Following the advice I've seen in this list, I split the first few card off
of my project to turn them into a standalone which will then open the rest of
the stack. I have a flash screen with info on it which displays for a short
time before coming to the main info page. When the user clicks
In a message dated 9/11/99 5:06:21 PM Central Daylight Time,
[EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
<< >
> I have a stack with some buttons set to cascading with several items in
the
> button (menu) contents. I use the stack as a popup menu. Everything
seems
> to work find. The menu pops up, I can
<< And I don't think this can be said enough: Scott Raney has the most
regular stream of bug-fix releases of any tools vendor I've worked with.
And the pricing is always reasonable, most of them free.
The MetaCard engine is cool enough for the money, but the support has
been a mind-be
<< Upgrading to 2.2.5 is free (isn't that nice). I remember having a similar
problem in the past. >>
With the MC's subscription program, 2.2.5 is free only if you purchased your
program within the last year. Unfortunately, its been over 18 months since I
bought MetaCard.
Philip Chumbley
I have tried making a cascading menu. I created a button named "Test
Cascading" and set its style to cascading. I then typed the following into
the button contents field. The "Subtest" items have a tab before them.
Test 1
Test 2
Test 3
Subtest 1
Subtest 2
Test4
I unchecked all the
In my program I give the user the option of setting and saving the backDrop
color in a Preferences file. Thus, they can set the backDrop color and the
next time they start the program it will reset to that color automatically.
I read the preferences file into a global from the openStack hand
>>How about saving the backdrop color in a custum prop in a stack that can be
saved instead? Then on 'preOpenStack' you can have 'set backdrop to (the
uColor of stack "soAndSo")'.<<
The problem I'm having is not about remembering or setting the backdropcolor.
The problem is that the backdrop
<< The error most reported is that when they go to print the printer will
continuously print the same thing over and over again. They have to abort
the program to have it stop and cancel all printing. Then if they go into
any other program and print it will print that over and over until they
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<< The question is, did the
printer work correctly on your customers computers *before* running
MetaCard, and is it broken now? >>
In my case, the printer DID work correctly before trying to print from
MetaCard. One of my Beta testors reloaded his driver software an
PDF and EPS files often have a thumbnail version of the file attached. This
thumbnail is displayed by several graphics applications as a preview when the
file is selected. Is it possible using MetaCard to access this thumbnail for
display in the same manner?
Philip Chumbley
I would like to open the printer properties screen to set things such as
paper tray, number of copies, etc. before printing. In SuperCard I would use
"open printing." It appears that in MetaCard I can do this on MacOS by using
"open printing with dialog." How do I do this in Windows?
Phili
Is there a message that is sent and can be trapped when the user clicks on
the Minimize Window button (the button in the topright corner with the "-"
sign)? Similarly, is there an MC message sent when the user clicks on the
application in the Windows toolbar to return the MC program to its on
<< Look up the iconifyStack message. >>
Thanks Tuviah. I had actually tried that earlier with:
on iconifyStack
beep
end iconifyStack
but it turns out another program had shut the sound off thus I thought it
didn't work. I tried it again and it works fine. Thanks again.
Philip
This is
I have a stack with size set at 640x480. When I expand it to 800x600, the
original items on the card are positioned in the topleft corner of the new
expanded stack. Is there an easy way to tell the stack to expand so that the
original items end up in the *topright* corner of the expanded sta
<< The *easy* way is to script it. Group all items on the card and try:
on resizeStack
set the right of group 1 to the width of this stack
end resizeStack >>
Thanks Andu. I was hoping to avoid doing that. My program has about 200
cards and with lots of items on each. I was hoping to not
When I go to the MetaCard archives and click on the button to search the
lists, I get a download notice. I downloaded the file but have no idea what
I'm supposed to do with it. When I click on the downloaded file, it asks me
to select a program to use to open it. Any help? The archives used
Something else I just though of is that I have a couple backgrounds which
appear on many different cards. If I group the items on one card and move
them to the right, the background will be moved relative to the other items
on all other cards. Then if I go to one of those cards and try group
<< How about grouping all items on each cd (with a script of course) and then
put in the stack script:
on openCard
resizeStack
end openCard
on resizeStack
set the right of group 1 of current cd to the width of this stack
end resizeStack >>
I don't think the above will work either. Let
In a message dated 1/5/00 2:42:53 AM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
<< I have seen this somewhere before and I applogise if this
has been asked before but I created a stand alone on the
Win32 version of MetaCard 2.2 but it doesn't show any
answer dialogs (ie. answer "Do you want to quit?" with yes o
I have a program (myProgram) developed in MetaCard that I distribute as a
standalone on a CD. I use a comercial installer (PC-Install) to load the
program and files onto the user's hard drive. However, the user has the
option to leave some files, such as photos, on the CD to save space. I ha
Ok, I now see how to launch the installer using "open process myInstaller."
My only question then is what's the best way to check if the program is
already installed on the hard drive without knowing what specific folder it
is stored in? Or, is there a standard place in Windows to put a file
I imported a small gif to use as a custom cursor. However, when I tried it,
I only got a white mask of the object. I looked through the list archives
and found where someone had suggested drawing the cursor on a UNIX machine so
it would be in the MetaCard custom format. Since I do not have
Some time ago there were a couple posts (including one from me) about being
able to import vector images into MetaCard. Has there been anything done to
allow this in MC 2.3? If not, are there any plans to do so? Of perhaps
vector PDF files? I am still interested because they print and scale
In a message dated 02/16/2000 4:25:09 PM Central Standard Time,
[EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
<< I am asking this question at the risk of being ridiculized by the entire
list. I have created a card stack called index with a card containing 10
buttons. Each button is supposed to open a stack. A
<< I have a jpg image much too large to display on a card, but I don't want
to use lockLoc. Can scrollbars (horizontal and vertical) be added to
images? Or are there perhaps other better solutions than scrollbars
(like click-move)? >>
Select the image and group it then size the group to whate
In a message dated 03/10/2000 12:06:36 PM Central Standard Time,
[EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
<< I have a very large image, way larger than the card. I set the size to
smaller than the card then group and add scroll bars. Now what I want to
do is have the students scroll the image locating differ
In windows, I make GIFs all the time with transparency. Things like Adobe
Illustrator, Corel Paint, etc. have export functions for creating GIFs with
tranparency. Yes, they keep the transparency when you import them.
Philip Chumbley
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If I have a folder (A1) containing two folders (B1 & B2) and my MC program in
folder B1 wants to look for a file in folder B2, can a *relative* path be
written to go from folder B1 to B2?
For example, if my MC program "myProgram.exe" is in file B1 and I want to
read a text file "theText.txt"
Thanks everyone!
Philip Chumbley
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<< Ok, then, instead of setting the vis of the stack I am setting the vis of a
black graphic to serve as a "card backdrop" grc as you suggest. this still
doesn't work:
==
on openStack
wait 1 second
lock screen
hide grc 1 #this is a grc filled with black
visual effec
I have a handler in which I change the cursor to the "plus" and also create a
graphic. At the end of the handler, I delete the graphic. The cursor does
not go back to the browser mode but instead changes to an arrow in the
"select item" mode. How do I restore it to browser mode This only oc
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