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
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
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
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
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
In a message dated 9/11/99 5:06:21 PM Central Daylight Time,
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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
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
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
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
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
[EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
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 and
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?
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 the
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
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
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
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 or
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
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
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
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.
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
Thanks everyone!
Philip Chumbley
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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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