RE: Opening MC files without creator type

"an easier way. . ." In addition to ResEdit, which provides more info, and Snitch, you might like TypeShuffler from Bubble Pop Software for a drag-and-drop approach. http://www.bubblepop.com Regards, David -- David Cramer, Process Innovation Evangelist 87-1313 Border

Win2000 update?

: FrameMaker and MetaCard. Funny how they both started in the Unix world. Hey, are there any other Unix-based programs going cross-platform? I think maybe I'd better check them out! (I love Photoshop, too, but it's not quite 'fun' in the same way as FM and MC are.) Thanks all, David -- David

Re: MetaCard for MachTen Unix?

in a month or two. Hey, maybe you could tell me how it works! ;-) Thanks in advance, Peter! David -- David Cramer, Process Innovation Evangelist 87-1313 Border Street PBSC Computer Training Centres (an IBM company) Winnipeg MB R3H 0X4 Corporate Office Research Development

Offset from right function?

Is there an offset-from-the-right function? I thought I had seen the use of a minus symbol with offset somehow that gave you the offset from the right, i.e., the end of a chunk of text. Yes? No? Regards, David -- David Cramer, Process Innovation Evangelist 87-1313 Border Street

Re: Offset from right function?

etaCard/MyStuff/MyStuff.mc Never mind 8-( Regards, David At 11:15 AM -0800 2/11/00, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On 11/2/00 2:19 pm, David Cramer [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Is there an offset-from-the-right function? I thought I had seen the use of a minus symbol with offset somehow that gave you the

Re: load url url [with message message] what message?

d the "load" command: on mouseUp load url "http://www.metacard.com/index.html" with message "tellmeaboutit" end mouseUp on tellmeaboutit which put "Download of" which "done!" end tellmeaboutit -- David Cramer, Process Innovation Evangelist 87-1

offset from end syntax?

I thought I ran across a tip, perhaps from Scott, about using a minus symbol somehow with the offset function to do the offset from the end of a chunk. Am I imagining that? David -- David Cramer, Process Innovation Evangelist 87-1313 Border Street PBSC Computer Training Centres

Re: Path problem in Windows MC2.3?

from a browser window, so you *always* have to set the directory property as the very first step, before the stack even opens. Regards, Scott -- David Cramer, Process Innovation Evangelist 87-1313 Border Street PBSC Computer Training Centres (an IBM company) Winnipeg MB R3H

Re: Scripting default menu picks? SOLVED!!

on returnKey get the label of btn "recentStacks" send "menuPick it" to btn "recentStacks" end returnKey The reason I hadn't been able to make it work before was just because I hadn't figured out that I had to put the "menuPick it" bit in quotes. Arrg

Re: Scripting default menu picks?

ay to send a menuPick message to a button? Regards, David -- David Cramer, Process Innovation Evangelist 87-1313 Border Street PBSC Computer Training Centres (an IBM company) Winnipeg MB R3H 0X4 Corporate Office Research Development Canada This is the MetaCard mailing list

Scripting default menu picks?

quot; - 1 set the menuHistory of btn "myButton" to it But I'm assuming I'm missing something simple regarding sending the menuPick message directly? Regards, David -- David Cramer, Process Innovation Evangelist 87-1313 Border Street PBSC Computer Training Centres (an IBM

Re: Downloading images using URL

will be internally produced, part of our own package, and therefore under our control. Regards, David -- David Cramer, Process Innovation Evangelist 87-1313 Border Street PBSC Computer Training Centres (an IBM company) Winnipeg MB R3H 0X4 Corporate Office Research Development

How does the among operator work?

ot;,"George") then doSomething But this doesn't work. What is the correct syntax? Regards, David -- David Cramer, Process Innovation Evangelist 87-1313 Border Street PBSC Computer Training Centres (an IBM company) Winnipeg MB R3H 0X4 Corporate Office Research Development

Script references to objects in groups?

ce stacks. What am I missing? Happy New Year/Millennium! David -- David Cramer, Process Innovation Evangelist 87-1313 Border Street PBSC Computer Training Centres (an IBM company) Winnipeg MB R3H 0X4 Corporate Office Research Development Canada This is the MetaCard ma

RE: Windows menu emulation?

e problems you face, the better MetaCard will be at solving them. Regards, Scott If I can do something like send an escapeKey to make a menu go away, I don't even think there's anything to report, especially since I'm quite aware of how much non-standardness there is in interface fea

RE: Windows menu emulation?

0 12/29/99, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: From: Scott Raney [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: RE: Windows menu emulation? Date: Tue, 28 Dec 1999 16:17:20 -0700 (MST) MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII In-Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] On Tue, 28 Dec 1999, David Cramer wrote: After a fai

RE: Windows menu emulation?

t; Hoping for enlightenment, David At 4:20 PM -0600 12/28/99, David Cramer wrote: Well, I have just spent several days exploring all kinds of approaches to Windows 95 menu emulation, with the result that I now think I could get the results I need if only I could figure out one last piece of this wh

RE: Windows menu emulation?

this. Help! Regards, David -- David Cramer, Process Innovation Evangelist 87-1313 Border Street PBSC Computer Training Centres (an IBM company) Winnipeg MB R3H 0X4 Corporate Office Research Development Canada This is the MetaCard mailing list. Archives: http

Windows menu emulation?

aasdf;jf afaf asdfd ?!?@?#!#!?@$%^ Regards, David -- David Cramer, Process Innovation Evangelist 87-1313 Border Street PBSC Computer Training Centres (an IBM company) Winnipeg MB R3H 0X4 Corporate Office Research Development