unsubscribing

2002-10-29 Thread erik hansen
i have decided to move to RunRev. they have some MIDI action over there and MC is really a little over my head... so far! thanks for the assistance. when i get handy with cgi socket array url concerns, i can always return. right now i am trying to get a startup handler going... all the best.

unsubscribe me from Metacard list

2002-10-29 Thread erik hansen
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visuals

2002-10-15 Thread erik hansen
on gv go stack Visuals end gv Visuals is a small stack with 4 radio buttons. each button has this mouseUp handler: on mouseUp fixLnF end mouseUp on fixLnF put appearance manager,windows \ 95,motif,macintosh into theLooks set the lookAndFeel to \ (the short name of the target)

Re: sound

2002-10-05 Thread erik hansen
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best laptop for MetaCard

2002-09-24 Thread erik hansen
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Re: best laptop for MetaCard

2002-09-24 Thread erik hansen
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Re: newGraphic problem

2002-09-10 Thread erik hansen
I want it to work only on the graphic, not on the rect of the graphic. how about using several little rectangles? = [EMAIL PROTECTED]http://www.erikhansen.org __ Yahoo! - We Remember 9-11: A tribute to the more than 3,000 lives lost

Re: Unhilite all tabs in a tabbed button

2002-08-09 Thread erik hansen
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Re: MetaCard 2.4.3 release

2002-08-01 Thread erik hansen
--- Scott Raney [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: MetaCard 2.4.3 has been released! You can now download the latest release of MetaCard from our WWW site http://www.metacard.com/get.html. If you already have MetaCard installed, get just the new bits in the directory:

Re: Naming Conventions

2002-07-08 Thread erik hansen
- do something else I haven't thought of * use labels. use the same label (say Enter) for btns in different stacks but use names for the controls that differ in each stack. use ids. --- Phil Davis [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: If you have handlers that reference same-named controls residing in

Re: Midi xcmds

2002-07-06 Thread erik hansen
--- Kurt Kaufman [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: The routines allow you to produce MIDI files by step-entry on an on-screen keyboard, but at this point not by recording live performance on an external keyboard. You can then open those MIDI files in a sequencer, but the routines don't send

Re: adding objects to groups

2002-07-05 Thread erik hansen
Simply use the following to get an object that is not in a group, into a group. copy graphic oval to group groupNameHere then you need to delete the original control that is not in the group. -Mark Talluto -- Another way is to create the object

Re: Editing an object script

2002-06-25 Thread erik hansen
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Re: MetaCard 2.4.3 alpha 2

2002-06-03 Thread erik hansen
Are there mail archives for the above? Regards, Sadhu how about putting the archive address at the bottom of the page? = [EMAIL PROTECTED]http://www.erikhansen.org __ Do You Yahoo!? Yahoo! - Official partner of 2002 FIFA

hcAddressing

2002-05-20 Thread erik hansen
is there a way to set the hcAddressing to false permanently? with multiple groups, this seems like the way to go. = [EMAIL PROTECTED]http://www.erikhansen.org __ Do You Yahoo!? LAUNCH - Your Yahoo! Music Experience http://launch.yahoo.com

Re: Launch a URL

2002-05-18 Thread erik hansen
Scott Rossi [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hmm, doesn't work on my computer (running XP) unless I set the shellCommand to "cmd.exe." (I saw the note in the documentation about this.) So now I'm curious: Does it work on your XP system *without* this modification? If it is required for XP (and NT?),

Re: script limits

2002-05-16 Thread erik hansen
combining all the handlers for a stack into one script avoids many problems, but opening a 70k script is slooower. = [EMAIL PROTECTED]http://www.erikhansen.org __ Do You Yahoo!? LAUNCH - Your Yahoo! Music Experience

Re: script limits

2002-05-15 Thread erik hansen
--- Pierre Sahores [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I'm using, in a 24/7 production context, on the linux platform, mc-based web applications that include some fat scripts (up to 795000 chars each° without any troubbles. merci bien, i will assume that mac OS 9.2.2 can handle a lot more than

Re: MetaCard forum for Portuguese speakers (was Re: Beginner's question)

2002-05-10 Thread erik hansen
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Re: Midi xcmds

2002-05-02 Thread erik hansen
--- [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I wrote an entire suite of midi xcmds for Hypercard several years ago called MidiToolz (http://www.rcsprogramming.com/MidiToolz/MidiToolz.html)...but they require Apple's Midi Manager. If there is already a way to access each OS's respective 'midi

Re: Midi xcmds

2002-05-01 Thread erik hansen
do these xcmds create files that can be transfered to a sequencer? --- [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I wrote an entire suite of midi xcmds for Hypercard several years ago called MidiToolz (http://www.rcsprogramming.com/MidiToolz/MidiToolz.html)...but they require Apple's Midi Manager. If

color threeD standard button?

2002-05-01 Thread erik hansen
is there a way to color the (threeD is true) standard button? foreground works fine, but the other choices do not register color in the button. thanks, erik = [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.erikhansen.org __ Do You Yahoo!?

start/play

2002-04-30 Thread erik hansen
is there a way to program individual musical notes in MC? 3 rows of 16 fields. each either empty or X on polyRhythm put bg fld Tempo into theTempo repeat with i = 1 to 16 if NOT (cd fld i is empty) then play / flute tempo theTempo 60s if NOT (cd fld (i+16) is

Re: start/play

2002-04-30 Thread erik hansen
--- Phil Davis [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Your line-breaking slashes (/) should be 'backslashes' (\). See if that fixes it. that was just for the email. = [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.erikhansen.org __ Do You Yahoo!? Yahoo!

Re: start/play

2002-04-30 Thread erik hansen
--- J. Landman Gay [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: You must have missed the discussion with Scott about this on the HyperCard list -- the short answer is, no. The long answer is: it could be done if someone were willing to learn the MIDI file format and write the script-to-binary translations.

Re: Comparing big lists

2002-04-28 Thread erik hansen
how about a short example? thanks, erik --- Dave Cragg [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: It think you'll find adding stuff at the end of a variable extremely fast using put x after y. However, the line thisLine of bigList part will get progressively slower as the value of thisLine increases.

Re: Dragging Lines in a Field

2002-04-23 Thread erik hansen
this is very useful. if your tutotials were on a shareware basis, it would let you put more time into filling the need for more documentation. of course the MetaCard users in this list seem pretty advanced... it might be a niche market. --- J. Landman Gay [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Tariel

Re: MetaCard 2.4.2 gamma-test

2002-04-17 Thread erik hansen
hello, i am the one whose properties stack goes blank if i try to type anything in (button input is ok). i now have half of my controls not showing when editbkgnd = false. they all show up when editbkgnd = true. they are all present in the Control Browser and listed as visible in bg and cd

Re: MetaCard 2.4.2 gamma-test

2002-04-17 Thread erik hansen
--- Phil Davis [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: My guess: Layers. yes. i have been playing with layers to create a ghost graphic showing only a name to be placed under a button so that arcs can be added indicating the travel path from the button's previous loc to its present position. 1) The group

Re: MetaCard or Revolution?

2002-04-16 Thread erik hansen
--- J.J.Bayle [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: there's nothing in Revolution you can't buid with M.C. c'est vrai? = [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.erikhansen.org __ Do You Yahoo!? Yahoo! Tax Center - online filing with TurboTax

Paint paste off

2002-04-11 Thread erik hansen
Delete, Copy, and Cut all use the same TLRB, but Paste drops the graphic about 40 pixels up and 100 pixels to the right. on cd_bgType CorB,what,T,L,R,B put the tool into savedTool put the editbkgnd into savedBg set the editbkgnd to (CorB is bg) choose select tool drag from T,L to B,R

Re: MetaCard 2.4.2 gamma-test

2002-04-10 Thread erik hansen
is Metacard 2.4.2B4 PPC good for Mac 9.2.2? = [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.erikhansen.org __ Do You Yahoo!? Yahoo! Tax Center - online filing with TurboTax http://taxes.yahoo.com/

Re: OT -- Animation Programs

2002-03-26 Thread erik hansen
--- Phil Davis [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: As you may know, there are some MIDI access capabilities available through MC's MCI (Media Control Interface - Win32 only) commands. You can explore the MCI stuff by getting the mci.mc.gz stack from ftp.metacard.com and going to its Commands tab.

Re: icon id 3001 where are you?

2002-03-22 Thread erik hansen
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: erik hansen wrote/ schreef: the custom icons created in HC and opened in MC cannot be found. in HC they are referenced to the stack and appear in the icon window with the id the creator chooses. guys 4001 etc., dolls 3001 etc. where they can be edited. after

Re: Temporary picts

2002-03-19 Thread erik hansen
--- Shari [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: ...which ones I can port to MC without losing any of the goodies, and without spending a lot of time with the transition. MC cannot easily handle some of the things HC does with graphics and sounds... i thought (hoped) MC was a super script of HC that

Re: bad token: theID, iconNum, theVis, etc.

2002-03-18 Thread erik hansen
--- Klaus Major [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: bad token: theID, iconNum, theVis, etc. is what comes up alot esp. when ExplicitVariables() is true. these are close to taken words in MC, but not exactly the same. is this just something you have to deal with by naming your variables in

Re: Temporary picts

2002-03-18 Thread erik hansen
if you are importing custom icons from HC, they will wind up in their own Stack BackGround. Go to Edit BackGrounds and click on HC Icons in the Stack Backgrounds window right below the Card Groups window. --- Scott Rossi [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Monday, March 18, 2002, at 04:43 AM,

Re: bad token: theID, iconNum, theVis, etc.

2002-03-18 Thread erik hansen
(thetarg is in the propertynames) = false local theTarg put the target into theTarg local: name shadows another variable or constant line:27 column:3 bad token: theTarg Handler: error in command Handler: error in handler this occured AFTER i had worked my way down half of the script

Re: bad token: theID, iconNum, theVis, etc.

2002-03-18 Thread erik hansen
: erik hansen wrote: (thetarg is in the propertynames) = false local theTarg put the target into theTarg local: name shadows another variable or constant line:27 column:3 bad token: theTarg Handler: error in command Handler: error in handler this occured AFTER i had worked

bad token: theID, iconNum, theVis, etc.

2002-03-17 Thread erik hansen
bad token: theID, iconNum, theVis, etc. is what comes up alot esp. when ExplicitVariables() is true. these are close to taken words in MC, but not exactly the same. is this just something you have to deal with by naming your variables in German? = [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: Jeanne's book

2002-03-15 Thread erik hansen
--- Shari [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Jeanne A. E. DeVoto ~ [EMAIL PROTECTED] You did such an awesome job on HyperTalk 2.2, and I sure would love a book of that quality for Metacard. i'll buy one too. = [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.erikhansen.org

Re: if/then with and/or

2002-03-15 Thread erik hansen
--- Shari [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: ? parentheses? = [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.erikhansen.org __ Do You Yahoo!? Yahoo! Sports - live college hoops coverage http://sports.yahoo.com/

properties stack freezing up

2002-03-13 Thread erik hansen
when attempting to write something in an object's properties stack, like a name or icon number, the little stack goes blank when i press a letter key. i thought it might be something i was not setting up, and re-took the tutorials, but i can't figure out why this happens. my older objects seem

properties stack freezing

2002-03-13 Thread erik hansen
when attempting to write something in an object's properties stack, like a name or icon number, the little stack goes blank when i press a letter key. i thought it might be something i was not setting up, and re-took the tutorials, but i can't figure out why this happens. sometimes i get this:

Re: properties stack freezing up

2002-03-13 Thread erik hansen
It looks like you might be getting a bug from one of MetaCard's scripts. I get those too occasionally, usually from the control browser. if i create an image object, (for example) then bring up the properties dialog, then try to type a char into the Image Name field- the whole dialog goes

Re: properties stack freezing up

2002-03-13 Thread erik hansen
mac OS 9.2 MC 2.4.1 MetaCardPPC if i create an image object, (for example) then bring up the properties dialog, then try to type a char into the Image Name field- the whole dialog goes blank. What version of the OS and what version of MetaCard? I had the same thing happen, only I

Re: properties stack freezing up

2002-03-13 Thread erik hansen
9.1 for ages and never saw anything like that. Sounds like a bug though. On Wednesday, March 13, 2002, at 09:57 PM, erik hansen wrote: mac OS 9.2 MC 2.4.1 MetaCardPPC if i create an image object, (for example) then bring up the properties dialog, then try to type a char

Re: properties stack freezing up

2002-03-13 Thread erik hansen
--- Jacqueline Landman Gay [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Wednesday, March 13, 2002, at 10:16 PM, erik hansen wrote: put the properties of stack MexCho, or bg btn id 1234, or whatever puts empty into the msg. yet, i can set the name using a line command in the msg. What you want

icon id 3001 where are you?

2002-03-13 Thread erik hansen
the custom icons created in HC and opened in MC cannot be found. in HC they are referenced to the stack and appear in the icon window with the id the creator chooses. guys 4001 etc., dolls 3001 etc. where they can be edited. after going through tutorials, concepts, and references, re: icons

Re: Script: missing '' after literal

2002-03-12 Thread erik hansen
--- Jacqueline Landman Gay [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Script: missing '' after literal this comes up each time i close a script. Find the missing quotation mark and add it. A literal somewhere is missing half its quotes or there's a typo and some word has a quote mark at the beginning.

properties closing too soon

2002-03-12 Thread erik hansen
when attempting to write something in an objects properties stack, like a name or icon number, the little stack goes blank when i press a letter key. i thought it might be something i was not setting up, and re-took the tutorials, but i can't figure out why this happens. also the icons i

Script: missing '' after literal

2002-03-11 Thread erik hansen
Script: missing '' after literal this comes up each time i close a script. is there a work around? thanks. = [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.erikhansen.org __ Do You Yahoo!? Try FREE Yahoo! Mail - the world's greatest free email!

RE: OT -- Animation Programs

2002-03-02 Thread erik hansen
is anyone doing anything with MIDI? --- MisterX [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Flash, director... Freehand... great kit, director's scripting language lingo is like HyperTalk... There's a bunch of others for PC but I can think of none that stand out as much... GraphicConverter is, IMOHO, well

search script

2002-02-28 Thread erik hansen
continuing good results from your search script utility. i did offer to figure out how to run automatically through a myStacks() list of stacks, but first is that already a feature? one small thing to add would be a put empty into the object field as soon a new stack name appears but before

moving icon graphics from HC to MC

2002-02-25 Thread erik hansen
i have several dozen 32x32 icons in HC that i use for Mexican folklorico dancers. they can be copied from the icon editor and pasted to a HC card, and a shot of the card can be exported. the programs that will open the document file do not let you save as a jpeg or gif file. photoshop does not

Re: pc ontrolKey/mac commandkey

2002-02-24 Thread erik hansen
--- Jacqueline Landman Gay [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Use a commandKey handler on either plaform when you want to trap Command on Mac and Control on PC. A controlKey handler does a similar translation, mapping to the Alt key on Windows. On a Mac it will be sent when the user types a

Re: pc ontrolKey/mac commandkey

2002-02-23 Thread erik hansen
--- Richard Gaskin [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: the functions commandKey() controlKey() return up or down. the messages commandKeyDown A and controlKeyDown A, on the other hand, can have handlers. here is the ambiguity: MC's controlKeyDown A is equivilant to HC's controlKey A, HC just

colorize the script windows?

2002-02-22 Thread erik hansen
is there any way to colorize the background of the Script Editor and Script debugger? Colorize Script is good, but the overall battleship grey is gloomy. a pastel background would give the spirit a lift. = [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.erikhansen.org

pc ontrolKey/mac commandkey

2002-02-22 Thread erik hansen
a yes/no query. is it good to plan that all mac command- shortcuts will be equivilant to pc control- shortcuts? on mac, i currently use control- just for my own work needs. = [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.erikhansen.org __

Re: pc ontrolKey/mac commandkey

2002-02-22 Thread erik hansen
the mac controlKey has its own non-ascii numbering system as opposed to commandKeyDown whixh uaes ascii chars: on controlKey theKey if theKey is 1 then # a choose hand tool else if theKey is 2 then choose rect tool # b end if end controlKey on commandKeyDown theKey if theKey

Re: pc ontrolKey/mac commandkey

2002-02-22 Thread erik hansen
so... the mac commandkey equals the pc controlKey and the controlKey is just not used in mac? = [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.erikhansen.org __ Do You Yahoo!? Yahoo! Sports - Coverage of the 2002 Olympic Games

closing Home stack

2002-02-14 Thread erik hansen
i am having problems with the script editor not closing. for editing debugging, does it make any difference whether the home stack is open? = [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.erikhansen.org __ Do You Yahoo!? Send FREE Valentine

re-group

2002-02-14 Thread erik hansen
after opening a HC stack, which is a database for songs, i tried to convert the objects to separate bg groups (blue btns, yellow flds, green flds etc,) sometimes this works except that the group is not applied to all of the cards. i have been going through the Help menu. the tutorial creates

msg as input

2002-02-11 Thread erik hansen
the archives show some discussion about using functions in the msg and how the stack level *may* affect this. a bg btn or enterkey sends findwords to a handler in the bg. this works perfectly in HC. in a database for songs, using msg as input is yielding bizarre results. once with moon the

type into msg while not visible?

2002-01-29 Thread erik hansen
is there a way to type into the msg while it is not visible? = [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.erikhansen.org __ Do You Yahoo!? Great stuff seeking new owners in Yahoo! Auctions! http://auctions.yahoo.com

Re: xy

2002-01-23 Thread erik hansen
that's the one! --- Richard Gaskin [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: erik hansen wrote: any MC analogues for the xy handler? Do you mean this one? on xy repeat until the mouseClick put the mouseLoc end repeat end xy Works on both HC and MC (and SC and OMO...) = [EMAIL

Re: xy

2002-01-23 Thread erik hansen
thanks. --- Tereza Snyder [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: To avoid bottling up the engine servicing your loop: on mouseMove mX, mY put format( horz: %d vert: %d, mX, mY ) end mouseMove Scott Raney has told us in the past that repeat until the mouseClick is not a good idea because it

Re: xy

2002-01-23 Thread erik hansen
hm. --- Richard Gaskin [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Tereza Snyder wrote: new and improved... no flashy text... on xy repeat until the mouseClick get the mouseLoc horz:the mouseH vert:the mouseV if it is not lastxy then put it put it into lastxy end if end repeat end

Re: xy

2002-01-23 Thread erik hansen
thanks, i'll try that. --- Nelson Zink [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Erik, any MC analogues for the xy handler? on xy set cursor to cross set the numberformat to 0.## --set the height of msg for three lines put the mouseloc into temp repeat until the mouseclick put Loc:

Re: xy

2002-01-23 Thread erik hansen
--- andu [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: erik hansen wrote: hm. This used to be a content rich list, no need to pollute it. i am pretty slow on picking up the ways of a new list. after 4 thank you's on the xy thread a variation slipped out. since i don't see any other responses

Apply

2002-01-19 Thread erik hansen
despite an extensive search of stacks, scripts, and help resources, the meaning of the Apply button inside a script remains a mystery. it appears self evident, yet there is also a Done button. the Done button closes the window, the Apply button does not. thanks, erik = [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Fwd: Apply Button in the Script Editor

2002-01-19 Thread erik hansen
oops, that is OK not DONE despite an extensive search of stacks, scripts, and help resources, the meaning of the Apply button inside a script remains a mystery. it appears self evident, yet there is also an OK button. the OK button closes the window, the Apply button does not. thanks,

Apply button

2002-01-19 Thread erik hansen
wonder if there is any way to generate some visual feedback when the script changes are applied... there is a visual shimmy IF the script has been altered. if not, no shimmy. = [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.erikhansen.org __

Re: brackets

2002-01-18 Thread erik hansen
parentheses are listed as operators. operator number 1 in fact. seems you can't go wrong with number 1 operators. --- Robert Brenstein [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: It seems that parenthesis in MC are required more often than in HC. Particularly in more complex expressions where functions are

Re: Saving stacks as

2002-01-18 Thread erik hansen
hi Shari, welcome. always good to see another familiar name on this list. this is cold, but i feel that people who passed on the $199 deal have noone to blame but themselves if their needs are not being met with HyperCard as it now is and evermore will be. learning MetCard is exciting and

brackets

2002-01-17 Thread erik hansen
i have to rescind my promise not to ask questions until completing all tutorials. the MC application tutorial is completed, the first HyperActive tutorial in progress. i like to use lots of brackets: put (the number of items in it) into tot a few stabs in the msg yielded unexpected results. is

Re: brackets

2002-01-17 Thread erik hansen
parentheses! curly brackets! this was once a topic. for me, clarity is the issue, esp. with a long line. logical evaluations too: if (a=b) and (cd) then... i just wondered if MetaCard had some quirks... --- Richard Gaskin [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Not that I'm aware of, but prudent use of

keyboard shortcuts

2002-01-17 Thread erik hansen
the index has a keyboard shortcuts listing for paint tools. is there anything on keyboard shortcuts in browsw mode? thanks erik = [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.erikhansen.org __ Do You Yahoo!? Send FREE video emails in Yahoo!

Re: adding objects to groups

2002-01-16 Thread erik hansen
--- Rick Rice [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: How do you add objects to a group? I have an image which is 4 times larger in area than the screen window. The image contains various cells. I want to draw an oval around various cells and then group the ovals and image so when the image is

Re: power tools

2002-01-15 Thread erik hansen
--- Geoff Canyon [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: At 6:12 PM -0800 1/14/02, erik hansen wrote: in the tutorial i got all my objects grouped, but none of them appeared on my next card. set the backgroundBehavior of the group to true this checkbox in the Properties Palette did it. = [EMAIL

Re: THE number of...

2002-01-14 Thread erik hansen
let me try this again. i was joking around. the recursion occured because: this was funny: while substituting tot(l, for (the number of lines in i pasted INSIDE function tot. HyperCard crashed. the mac crashed. can anyone identify the too much recursion culprit? function tot what,it if

Re: power tools

2002-01-14 Thread erik hansen
--- Richard Gaskin [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: erik hansen wrote: Power Tools. the Super Grouper is something i used to move things around a lot with my dance stack. has anyone run into any tricky spots using anything akin to Super Grouper in MetaCard? Not needed. MetaCard

Re: power tools

2002-01-14 Thread erik hansen
--- Richard Gaskin [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: erik hansen wrote: --- Richard Gaskin [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: erik hansen wrote: Power Tools. the Super Grouper is something i used to move things around a lot with my dance stack. has anyone run into any tricky spots

Re: power tools

2002-01-14 Thread erik hansen
--- Geoff Canyon [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: At 6:12 PM -0800 1/14/02, erik hansen wrote: in the tutorial i got all my objects grouped, but none of them appeared on my next card. i'll just have to do it again a couple of times and it sold be clear. set the backgroundBehavior of the group

Re: power tools

2002-01-14 Thread erik hansen
--- Phil Davis [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: - Original Message - From: erik hansen [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Monday, January 14, 2002 6:12 PM Subject: Re: power tools --- Richard Gaskin [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: erik hansen wrote: Power Tools

Re: power tools

2002-01-14 Thread erik hansen
--- Geoff Canyon [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: At 7:14 PM -0800 1/14/02, erik hansen wrote: this will get fun when button animation is introduced... Button animation? You should be able to do something like this already -- create an image and reference an animated gif. gc i saw that demo

Re: THE number of...

2002-01-13 Thread erik hansen
--- J. Landman Gay [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: erik hansen wrote: put tot(it,l) into tot shorter put (the number of lines in it) into tot clearer only thing is, nobody else does this. maybe clearer is better than shorter? Depends. In this case, the clearer method takes less

MetaCard Fanzine

2002-01-11 Thread erik hansen
just added a MetaCard Fanzine to my website (see WAY below). so far there is one section, Tools featuring sites from the list. 3 so far! next up is a Handlers section for homemade ss vw mw and you name it handlers. i know there are a lot of great collections on the HyperCard list, but i did not

RE: why metacard?

2002-01-09 Thread erik hansen
--- Geoff Canyon [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Rev is getting a lot of attention right now, especially in the Mac universe. Mac is getting out from under the rat-fink rap for abandoning HyperCard. = [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.erikhansen.org

RE: why metacard?

2002-01-09 Thread erik hansen
--- Karl Becker [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Oh, and as far as why MetaCard is the stuff... It uses the exact same syntax as HyperCard (which I learned on) , but it extends it in so many great and easy-to-program ways I can't help but not use it. Other languages often frustrate me with

Re: why metacard?

2002-01-09 Thread erik hansen
--- J. Landman Gay [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: HyperCard scripts execute faster if the thes are left in, so I always used them and never had to deal with it during a MetaCard port. I think if I were you, I'd add them back into HyperCard and leave them there. her i thought i was being

RE: Integrated Development Environment

2002-01-08 Thread erik hansen
--- Chipp Walters [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Eric, You can try our site at: http://www.altuit.com/webs/altuit2/RunRev/default.htm There's some helpful tools there as well. Most work on both MC and RR. Last Modified: 1/8/02 that's encouraging! = [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: ss (searchScript)

2002-01-08 Thread erik hansen
--- andu [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: What do you want to know about keyboard focus? what is it? = [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.erikhansen.org __ Do You Yahoo!? Send FREE video emails in Yahoo! Mail!

Re: ss (searchScript)

2002-01-08 Thread erik hansen
--- J. Landman Gay [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: it sounds like you just want to find text in the reference. Use the Find command (Cmd-F or under the Tools menu) which will bring up a dialog. You can use that to search for text in stacks. MC doesn't provide a searchscript utility, but I

Re: why MetaCard?

2002-01-07 Thread erik hansen
thanks for all the responses. STABILITY (no crashes) seems to be the main motif. SCOTT was the constant refrain. guess the meaning of IDE will become clear soon enough. hate GUIs must mean you like to craft your own? --- David Bovill [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: No *real* answer to that one.

Integrated Development Environment

2002-01-07 Thread erik hansen
Integrated Development Environment hate GUIs must mean you like to craft your own? Sometimes. There's always a question of return on investment with such things. I've been working with MC since before Rev was announced, so I've amassed a fair collection of tools to augment MC's

Re: why MetaCard?

2002-01-07 Thread erik hansen
--- andu [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Terry Judd wrote: Mature? Well yes, Metacard is a simple, efficient, stable development environment... sounds like the kind of loyalty and enthusiasm for a product that HyperCard is famous for. = [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: why MetaCard?

2002-01-07 Thread erik hansen
des Français encore! --- Pierre Sahores [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Perhaps, because Metacard contains the best of Hypercard and Supercard + the best of the most usefull XCMDs collections + the best of Quickeys and so on, that all runnable on allmost of the best (and baddest) operating

Re: why MetaCard?

2002-01-07 Thread erik hansen
one of the key questions for me was the restrictions RunRev puts on Rapid Application Development (whatever that is (and as i hear 2nd hand)). this issue does NOT seem to have struck a nerve . = [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.erikhansen.org

Re: why MetaCard?

2002-01-07 Thread erik hansen
--- Geoff Canyon [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: At 5:13 PM -0800 1/7/02, erik hansen wrote: one of the key questions for me was the restrictions RunRev puts on Rapid Application Development (whatever that is (and as i hear 2nd hand)). this issue does NOT seem to have struck a nerve

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