Re: Replacing an AppleScript in Windows

2000-08-14 Thread andu
> >I have been looking at a HyperCard system for possible conversion to >MetaCard so that it will run on both Mac and Windows. The current >implementation uses AppleScript to control Graphic Converter, in order >to open a huge jpg file, resave it as a compressed jpg, and display it, >rotate it,

Replacing an AppleScript in Windows

2000-08-14 Thread Jacqueline Landman Gay
I have been looking at a HyperCard system for possible conversion to MetaCard so that it will run on both Mac and Windows. The current implementation uses AppleScript to control Graphic Converter, in order to open a huge jpg file, resave it as a compressed jpg, and display it, rotate it, and zoom

Re: Re: Why not as an RSA public/private keys encryption system...

2000-08-14 Thread David Bovill
There is an some GNU Open source PGP compatible code released 6 months ago, maybe this would be an easier route to scripting it within MetaCard? >David Bovill wrote: >> >> >> I can think of 2 kind of solutions : >> >> >> >> 1) solution based on signature >> >> The programmer put his signature i

Animated GIFs (was "Re: can't save stack?")

2000-08-14 Thread Michaael Walas
> What applications other than GifBuilder do this? I'd like to avoid trouble. When I stated the below, I didn't mean to imply that GifBuilder created the gifs in question. I obtained the gifs from another source and only opened them in GifBuilder to see if it would display them properly. Creatin

Re: Why not as an RSA public/private keys encryptation system...

2000-08-14 Thread Pierre Sahores
David Bovill wrote: > > >> I can think of 2 kind of solutions : > >> > >> 1) solution based on signature > >> The programmer put his signature in his runtime and in his stacks. When > >> opening a stack, the runtime checks if the stack has the right signature. > >> The process could be a "compres

Re: MC, the Web, and you

2000-08-14 Thread Digifilm
If really wish I could program the palm and other wap devices with metacard. Debdoot Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/metacard%40lists.best.com/ Info: http://www.xworlds.com/metacard/mailinglist.htm Please send bug reports to <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, not this list.

Re: Re: metacard, internet and security

2000-08-14 Thread Scott Raney
On Mon, 14 Aug 2000, opus.species wrote: > I wrote > > > > 2) solution based on limiting the runtime > > > The Navigator, MSIE or javascript have some internal limitations to > forbid > > > writing on the user's disk. > > > Would it be possible to have in metatalk some internal flag forbiding a

RE: MC, the Web, and you

2000-08-14 Thread Blair Moxon
Richard, I hope you are right...the web and HTML has set back user interface design back at least 5 years. My dream is to see the rich interactive interface that MC provides either in or outside a browser window. Rgds, Blair Moxon > -Original Message- > From: Richard Gaskin [SMTP:[EMAIL

upgrade email client posted

2000-08-14 Thread andu
http://www.cloud9.net/~undo Solved some problems with keeping track of new/deleted mail. To delete mail in the browser select a line(shift for more lines) and then control+click. Regards, Andu ___ [EMAIL PROTECTED] Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/metacard%40lists.

Re: MC, the Web, and you

2000-08-14 Thread Roger D. Ray
-- >From: Richard Gaskin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >Subject: Re: MC, the Web, and you >Date: Mon, Aug 14, 2000, 3:35 AM > > Thanks for the feedback, Andu: > >>> A quick survey of MetaCard developers, if you don't mind: > ... >> But what do you need this for if I may ask?

Re: MC, the Web, and you

2000-08-14 Thread andu
> >Thanks for the feedback, Andu: > >>> A quick survey of MetaCard developers, if you don't mind: > >> But what do you need this for if I may ask? > >I'm seeing a big shift away from desktop applications and onto the Web, and >wanted to get a feel for what others are doing with MC. > >It see

Re: Why not as an RSA public/private keys encryptation system...

2000-08-14 Thread David Bovill
>> I can think of 2 kind of solutions : >> >> 1) solution based on signature >> The programmer put his signature in his runtime and in his stacks. When >> opening a stack, the runtime checks if the stack has the right signature. >> The process could be a "compress+encrypt" function built in the e

Re: MC, the Web, and you

2000-08-14 Thread Eva Isotalo
Richard Gaskin wrote: > A quick survey of MetaCard developers, if you don't mind: > > Of work you've performed over the last year, what percentage has been > related to the Web? 10 % > Does your work focus more on the client side of the Web, the server side, or > both? Client. > > Of the ti

Re: Animated GIFs (was "Re: can't save stack?")

2000-08-14 Thread Raymond E. Griffith
on 8/13/2000 11:29 PM, Scott Raney <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> The gifs are "optimized" >> but Windows MetaCard can display them.and the Mac MetaCard can't >> (properly). The gifs display properly on the Mac in the shareware >> program gifbuilder. Do I have to take apart the gifs and reassemb

Re: metacard, internet and security

2000-08-14 Thread Raymond E. Griffith
on 8/13/2000 11:29 PM, Scott Raney <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> replied to "opus.species" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: >> >> But we have now to consider the security... >> >> A *.mc app can do anything : destroy all the data of a computer, use a >> computer to destroy all the data on a network, ... > > Just li

Re: Re: metacard, internet and security

2000-08-14 Thread opus.species
I wrote > > 2) solution based on limiting the runtime > > The Navigator, MSIE or javascript have some internal limitations to forbid > > writing on the user's disk. > > Would it be possible to have in metatalk some internal flag forbiding a > > runtime to write on the user's disk but in the folde

Re: MC, the Web, and you

2000-08-14 Thread Geoff Canyon
Richard Gaskin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> said, on 8/13/00 4:09 PM: >A quick survey of MetaCard developers, if you don't mind: > >Of work you've performed over the last year, what percentage has been >related to the Web? Almost all of it, in one way or another. > >Does your work focus more on the clie

Re: MC, the Web, and you

2000-08-14 Thread Richard Gaskin
Thanks for the feedback, Andu: >> A quick survey of MetaCard developers, if you don't mind: ... > But what do you need this for if I may ask? I'm seeing a big shift away from desktop applications and onto the Web, and wanted to get a feel for what others are doing with MC. It seems that the thr