On 31/7/00 11:09 am, Sjoerd Op 't Land <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> 1. What is MetaCard? Never heard of it, and now I have seen it, it looks
> like a macro language to me. I think it has too less possibilities for
> professional software, hasn't it?
>
> My opinion: MetaCard is a great Object Oriented tool in which you can
> program quite 'deep' things like working in the registry or writing to COM
> ports.
Absolutely. Just because they haven't heard of it doesn't mean it isn't a
great tool.
> My question: Are there examples of software made in MetaCard which were a
> success?
A lot of software has been produced in MetaCard. Instantly springing to
mind as a commercial example is our own Ten Thumbs Typing Tutor, a highly
successful, well respected, package that teaches touch typing. Check out
our web site for more details.
> 2. In case that you have a accident, can someone else take over easily the
> development of the software? Is it possible to 'print' the program and it's
> cross references? How many MetaCard programmers are there (in the
> Netherlands)? Can he or she trust on support of the MetaCard company?
>
> My opinion: There are much HyperCard programmers in Holland, but...
> My question: Is there a printstack tool? Is there a list of MetaCard
> programmers over the world? How easy is it to jump from HyperCard to
> MetaCard?
People have had differing experience of moving from HyperCard to MetaCard,
but mostly people manage the change easily enough. There are MetaCard
contract programmers available (check out the Consultants page on the
MetaCard web site) and given the nature of the Internet, it is not really
necessary that these people should be in Holland. Though of course you may
have more trouble finding a contract programmer that speaks the native
language. MetaCard Corp has been around since the early 1990s, and has
proven itself as a stable and reliable company with an excellent support
history.
As to a print stack tool, it would be very easy for you to write such a
utility - a simple repeat loop that went through all the stacks, subStacks,
cards, controls and exported their scripts to a text file, or used the print
field stack handler to print them would be all that is required.
Regards,
Kevin
> Thanks in advance for your answers,
> Sjoerd Op 't Land
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