All definitely good points that would me someone question if they should ever consider trying to make any hypercard code work.
-=>JB<=- On May 17, 2012, at 11:34 AM, Bob Sneidar wrote: > Also consider it was written and compiled for an OS that used a totally > different graphics engine called Quickdraw. I have serious doubts it would > work today in Quartz. It's going to have to be rewritten methinks. > > Bob > > > On May 17, 2012, at 11:15 AM, stephen barncard wrote: > >> most likely it was compiled for Power PC, Intel macs didn't exist then. I >> would venture to say that they wouldn't work. Anyway Livecode is so fast >> and versatile that most of the functions that needed XCMDs can all be done >> in native Livecode. The time it would take to convert could be spent >> re-designing for modern machines. What do you need to accomplish? >> >> On Thu, May 17, 2012 at 4:07 AM, -=>JB <=- <[email protected]> wrote: >> >>> LiveCode >>> Lessons and Tutorials >>> HyperCard >>> >>> LiveCode supports the HyperCard 1.x XCMD model (which means that most >>> XCMDs and XFCNs >>> that don’t display a window will work in LiveCode without >>> modification)Tutorials >>> >>> >>> What if I have the binary code of a XCMD I wrote in hyperCard is there a >>> way to use it in LiveCode >>> or do I need to use the hyperCard XCMD as it is or do I need to use the >>> original XCMD code I wrote? >>> Is there a way to recompile my XCMD binary code? >>> >>> -=>JB<=- >>> _______________________________________________ >>> use-livecode mailing list >>> [email protected] >>> Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your >>> subscription preferences: >>> http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-livecode >>> >> >> >> >> -- >> >> >> >> Stephen Barncard >> San Francisco Ca. USA >> >> more about sqb <http://www.google.com/profiles/sbarncar> >> _______________________________________________ >> use-livecode mailing list >> [email protected] >> Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your subscription >> preferences: >> http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-livecode > > > _______________________________________________ > use-livecode mailing list > [email protected] > Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your subscription > preferences: > http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-livecode > _______________________________________________ use-livecode mailing list [email protected] Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your subscription preferences: http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-livecode
