Okay, so it takes some of us take a while to get around to writing a clock face (in my case about 15 years), but this is an exemplar offering for any newcomers to scripting. This is also to salve my guilt-trip conscience for not participating very actively on this list over the past year!
It uses MetaCard's built-in angle and arcAngle features combined with ink effects to generate the three hands of an analogue clock face, rather than attempting long-winded arc coordinate geometry to calculate line points manually. It demonstrates that a bit of lateral thinking (in this case by inverting the pie slice with overlay inks) can produce an elegant result in a very small size (the stack is only 6k and that includes user options and an 'About' window). It also shows up the differences in the implementation of graphics between MacOS and Win32 as the stack 'swings both ways'. http://www.flexiblelearning.com/xtalk/AnalogueClock.mc Hope someone finds it useful. /H Hugh Senior The Flexible Learning Company Consultant Programming & Software Solutions Fax/Voice: +44 (0)1483.27 87 27 Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Web: www.flexibleLearning.com
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