Oops. The filenames in item #7 are incorrect. Obviously, they should correspond
to the type of export being done in each case.
You probably figured that out by now, but I thought I would try and give
substance to my appearance as a non-ignoramous by pointing out my own error.
:-\
Phil
Phil Davis wrote:
>
> Hi Jim,
> To save something drawn on a card:
>
> A. CREATE A SNAPSHOT OF THE DESIRED AREA.
>
> 1) Select the File-> Import menu item. This opens the "Importer" stack.
>
> 2) Select the "Snapshot" tab. This puts MC into a mode where it will create a
> mirror-image copy of the area you select (see next step).
>
> 3) Select the area you want to copy.
> a) If you want only a part of the current card area,
> hold the mouseButton down and drag across the desired area.
> When you've enclosed the desired area in a rectangle, release
> the mouseButton.
> b) If you want the entire card image, just click the card anywhere.
>
> 4) The copy of your selected area will immediately appear in the center of the
> current card. It will be a new image that contains only the area you selected.
>
> (This ends the Import process. The "Importer" stack closes itself when
> finished.)
>
> B. EXPORT THE SNAPSHOT TO A FILE.
>
> 5) Open the message box.
>
> 6) Click the new image to select it.
>
> 7) In the message box, type one of these lines:
> export jpeg to file "newfile.jpg"
> export png to file "newfile.jpg"
> export paint to file "newfile.jpg"
> and hit "Enter".
>
> 8) Look in the directory where your MC Home stack resides. You should find
> "newfile.jpg" sitting there too. (If MC's setting for "the directory" was
> changed by you or a script, look in that directory. You can type "answer the
> directory" in the message box to see what the current directory is.)
>
> (This ends the "Export" process.)
>
> It ought to be easier, but at least it's doable.
>
> HTH.
> Phil Davis
>
> Jim Hurley wrote:
> >
> > I am considering the purchase of Meta Card but am concerned about my ability
> > to use it to generate graphs from scripted equations and export them to a
> > graphics program. In Hyper Card I can copy and past any drawn graphic. Not so
> > in Meta Card. On the Meta Card web site I read the following:
> >
> > "Cut/Copy/Paste support is currently limited to text. The inability to use the
> > system clipboard to transfer image data may seem to be an inconvenience but is
> > not actually a problem in practice: bitmap data passed via the clipboard is
> > uncompressed and so is in an inappropriate format for inclusion in a stack
> > anyway (developers should import PNG, GIF, or JPEG format images instead so
> > that they can take advantage of the superior compression controls available in
> > specialized image editing tools). PICT data passed on the clipboard could not
> > be viewed on UNIX or Windows systems because they do not provide support for
> > PICT like MacOS does. PICT data is therefore also unsuitable for cross
> > platform development and so the inability to cut/copy/paste it is not a
> > significant limitation."
> > Correct me if I'm wrong, but it appears to say, Copy into the clipboard is not
> > supported but it is not a limitation because it can't be done across
> > platforms.
> >
> > Of course it is a serious limitation for me. Is there no way to export screen
> > graphics to other programs?
> >
> > P.S. I can't find a way to put scripts into the background(s).
> > --
> > Jim Hurley
>
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