Scott Rossi wrote:
Whenever I see the term notSrcBic, for a split second I think: A Bic
lighter should not be used to ignite this object.
Ha! That's my reaction too. :)
I have used SuperCard's inks, and now MetaCard's, but most of the terms
still don't make much sense to me and I always have
Geoff Canyon wrote/ schreef:
First, MetaCard surprised me by being able to move 50 32x32 images
reasonably well. It's not as smooth as JewelToy, but much better than
I expected. I'm using images with the fileName property set to a gif.
Has anyone tested to see if there's a better option?
Geoff Canyon ecrivait / wrote:
I think of Bic pens. What the heck _does_ it stand for?
Black Is Changed
don't ask more ;-)
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I'm having some trouble with the stackFileType property. My app supports
multiple file types, all MetaCard stacks, so I use handlers like this when I
save them to set the stackFileType dynamically:
on DoSaveJournal pDocStack
put the stackfileType into tSaveStackFileType
set the
...But the rest of us need a more common English reference
and a bit of explanation.
Where does one draw the line?
With the destroyStack property. ;)
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C++ programmers understand destroy and lay people don't, but everyone
understands purge -- why not purgeStack and purgeWindow
- Original Message -
From: Geoff Canyon [EMAIL PROTECTED]
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Tuesday, May 22, 2001 10:55 AM
Subject: Re: Fastest Development environment
Geoff Canyon wrote/ schreef:
First, MetaCard surprised me by being able to move 50
32x32 images
reasonably well.
This discussion is degenerating into whom should we choose to design
the metatalk language since Metacard does such a lousy job. This idea
that the language should be easily understood (with no effort at all) by
the average person aka us is total crap. The average person uses a
computer for email
andu wrote:
This idea
that the language should be easily understood (with no effort at all) by
the average person aka us is total crap.
I heard this same retort ten years ago from a rabid DOS user who sneered
at anyone who used a GUI.
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Hi Terry
If the stack is on the CD along with the AVI then you should be able to use
relative file paths without any problems. Note you need to use UNIX standard
delimiter / in your path name in MC instead of platform specific
characters like the DOS \ you used in your example. Also if your
I'm attempting to replace the answer dialog with a separate handler
in my stack. (I'll call it displayMessage)
This handler, which I've created and works fine, makes a group that
consists of a few graphics, the text the user is prompted with, and
whatever choices is passed to it. It moves
Script in the group:
on mouseUp
if word 1 of the target is button
then put the short name of the target into it
end mouseUp
I'm attempting to replace the answer dialog with a separate handler
in my stack. (I'll call it displayMessage)
This handler, which I've created and works fine,
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