calling handlers with keys

2002-03-16 Thread Uwe Friese
Hi all! Before bothering you with silly questions I´d like to introduce myself as a MC newby with some experience with HyperCard in the context of Experimental Psychology. Please excuse me if I´m using weird terms sometimes, but apart from having no formal training in programming I´m also

Rounded Corners

2002-03-16 Thread Simon Lord
So, has anyone successfully made a stack with rounded corners on OSX yet? I still can't find the right wref, it's definitely not the same one as for OS9 which works fine. Thanks. ___ metacard mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: if/then with and/or

2002-03-16 Thread Dave Cragg
At 4:27 pm -0500 15/3/02, Shari wrote: Okay, now this one's bugging me... If my if/then handler includes and/or, it fails. if var1 is goody and var2 is nope and var3 is hello then doSomething end if That fails. It works here, without any parentheses. (v 2.4.1 on Mac OS X) Cheers Dave

Re: Jeanne's book

2002-03-16 Thread Gregory Lypny
I'd snap up a MetaCard book in a second! I haven't read Jeanne's HyperTalk book, but anything with examples that extends the original HyperCard Reference by Apple to the realm of MetaCard would be great. Greg ___ metacard mailing list

Popup menu with a selected Line?

2002-03-16 Thread David Epstein
I want to pop up a list of options with one specified option already highlighted under the mouse. On the Mac, I can do this by setting the button's menumode to option, in which case the popup list highlights the option already selected. But the popup font, size, and background color cannot be

Re: Arrays and Matrix Algebra

2002-03-16 Thread Dave Jones
Just wanted to confirm the correct way to set up arrays to be able to do matrix math. If I have an array named X, does MetaCard treat x[3,4] as the fourth element in the third row of X and x[8,2] as the second element in the eigth row? Regards, Greg Greg, I don't really follow this

MetaCard 2.4.2 beta 3

2002-03-16 Thread Scott Raney
MetaCard 2.4.2 beta 3 is now available in the directory ftp://209.120.179.218/MetaCard/2.4.2/ See the file ftp://209.120.179.218/MetaCard/2.4.2/README.2.4.2 for the list of new features. This release only includes engines and tools stacks. You must have a previous release installed on your

Re: metacard digest, Vol 1 #131 - 12 msgs

2002-03-16 Thread JJB
le 16/03/02 18:10, [EMAIL PROTECTED] à [EMAIL PROTECTED] a écrit : From: Shari [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: if/then with and/or Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Okay, now this one's bugging me... If my if/then handler includes and/or, it fails. if var1 is goody and var2 is nope and var3 is

Re: metacard digest, Vol 1 #131 - 12 msgs

2002-03-16 Thread JJB
le 16/03/02 18:10, [EMAIL PROTECTED] à [EMAIL PROTECTED] a écrit : From: Shari [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: if/then with and/or Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Okay, now this one's bugging me... If my if/then handler includes and/or, it fails. if var1 is goody and var2 is nope and var3 is

Re: MetaCard 2.4.2 beta 3

2002-03-16 Thread Scott Rossi
Recently, Scott Raney wrote: MetaCard 2.4.2 beta 3 is now available in the directory ftp://209.120.179.218/MetaCard/2.4.2/ See the file ftp://209.120.179.218/MetaCard/2.4.2/README.2.4.2 for the list of new features. Excuse me while I do cartwheels down the hallway. Thanks MC guys. You

Re: calling handlers with keys

2002-03-16 Thread Geoff Canyon
At 2:50 PM +0100 3/15/02, Uwe Friese wrote: The problem with the keyDown messages is that I need the rest of the script inside the repeat loop to be executed constantly (to present a stream of objects on the screen). Like this: repeat presentSomeObjects -- this has to be performed

Re: MetaCard 2.4.2 beta 3

2002-03-16 Thread J. Landman Gay
Scott Rossi wrote: Excuse me while I do cartwheels down the hallway. You don't have to. Now that we've got angle you can have images do cartwheels down the hallway instead. :) -- Jacqueline Landman Gay | [EMAIL PROTECTED] HyperActive Software |

Re: MetaCard 2.4.2 beta 3

2002-03-16 Thread J. Landman Gay
From the new Read Me file: This release uses a new Perl-compatible regular expression library. This library includes new support for Perl pattern characters and non-greedy matches. What's this do? How would we use Perl in our scripts? Can anyone give an example of when this feature would be

Re: MetaCard 2.4.2 beta 3

2002-03-16 Thread andu
J. Landman Gay wrote: From the new Read Me file: This release uses a new Perl-compatible regular expression library. This library includes new support for Perl pattern characters and non-greedy matches. What's this do? How would we use Perl in our scripts? Can anyone give an