Now that the server seems to be behaving a little better, I'm proud to
(finally) announce the availability of MetaCard 2.3 beta 2. You can
get it for Macintosh PPC+68K, Win32 (Windows 3.1/95/98/NT), Linux, SGI
Iris, HP 9000/700, and SPARC Solaris from the directory:
ftp://ftp.metacard.com/MetaCard/2.3/
This is primarily a bug fix release over beta 1, but a few
improvements have been made in the UI and documentation. Also note
this comment in the README file:
> One of the new features in this release has been found to cause
> backward compatibility problems in stacks that use a particular
> scripting technique. In previous releases, it was perfectly
> acceptable to use the same name for both a variable and a custom
> property. This no longer works in 2.3 because you can now use a
> variable anywhere a custom or standard property would be used.
> Because this problem can be difficult to diagnose in stacks created
> with older releases, we are looking for ways to either eliminate it
> or at least to make it easier to find. Suggestions are welcome at
> [EMAIL PROTECTED] In the mean time, this new problem reinforces
> the need to have a consistent naming system for variables, including
> putting some sort of prefix on them to indicate their type (e.g.,
> paramters are pWhatever, locals are tWhatever or lWhatever, and
> globals are gWhatever).
Please check your stacks for the above conflict and let us know if
this is going to be a serious problem. It's not too late to do
something about this before 2.3 is released, but currently no changes in
this area are planned.
Regards,
Scott
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Scott Raney [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.metacard.com
MetaCard: You know, there's an easier way to do that...
