This is the fun part: to get the 'stuff' out it's probably best to write the export code using the source platform. Depressing, because one wants to move forward not backward, but recovering the data is one of the most important parts of your conversion.
I had a project once to convert a hypercard stack into a MySQL database. I got Hypercard to work in Classic, wrote a handler to dump all the contents of thousands of cards to a tab-delimited text file. The data was not that clean, and required some removal of spaces and returns, etc. It's best to get your data cleaned at this stage, while you are at the source. It was strange being back in HC land. I tried to use 'repeat for each' twice in Hypertalk. oops. With images, this will be a bit harder, and will require some extra coding to save the graphic files. Perhaps a folder for each 'card' or record - each with all the associated graphics and a text file. Perhaps another way would be to grok the format of the original toolbook source file, and use Revolution to 'data-scrape' the information right out of the source. Then post the utility for others to use! ------------------------- Stephen Barncard San Francisco http://houseofcubes.com/disco.irev 2009/11/3 Rick Rice <rick-r...@shaw.ca> > Thanks Stephen, Tiemo and Marty for your quick responses. My original > question is proof that language is a poor form of communication (grin). > What I'm after is the content (text and images) of the original Tool-Book > "book". I do not want the actual code (script). I will redo the actual > presentation code (script). > Is there any way to actually get to the content? I have the original "book" > as well as the runtime (standalone) and have been asked by the legal owners > of the software to make the content available across platforms. > Rick > > > On Nov 3, 2009, at 8:28 AM, Rick Rice wrote: > > Is there any way to convert a Tool-Book stack, app, executable, I'm not >> sure what the correct description is, into a Rev stack? >> I know it can not be done directly like a MC, HC or SC stack but, is there >> some sort of hack which would at least make the conversion a little more >> computer friendly rather than paper hostile? I have access to the standalone >> and the original build. The material was built using a recent but, not the >> most current version of Tool-Book. >> Thanks >> Rick >> >> _______________________________________________ >> use-revolution mailing list >> use-revolution@lists.runrev.com >> Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your >> subscription preferences: >> http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-revolution >> > > _______________________________________________ > use-revolution mailing list > use-revolution@lists.runrev.com > Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your > subscription preferences: > http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-revolution > _______________________________________________ use-revolution mailing list use-revolution@lists.runrev.com Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your subscription preferences: http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-revolution