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From: IO10702@MAINE.MAINE.EDU (Merv)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.hypercard
Subject: Menu Question
Date: 30 Dec 92 16:54:46 GMT
Organization: University of Maine System

Hi, I was wondering if anyone could help me.
I have made my own menus in the menubar and I was wondering
how to enable them.
ie when the user chooses one, how do I make it do something,,,,
I don't have the development pack.  If I did, I probably could
answer my own question.
Thanks.
-Merv
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Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.hypercard
From: alisg@Msu.oscs.montana.edu
Subject: PLEASE HELP
Reply-To: alisg@Msu.oscs.montana.edu
Organization: Montana State University
Date: Tue, 29 Dec 1992 20:49:09 GMT

I want a database type program in which I can list all the songs from my CDs,
albums, etc., including such things as highest chart position, date, artist,
etc. There are any number of such programs.

The second (and most desired) thing I want it to do is to select on the basis
of various user-defined criteria songs to fit within a user-defined time span.
What I want to be able to ask for is something like "Give me a selection of
#1 songs from 1965 to 1970, not by the Beatles, that will fit within 46
minutes." [To make anthology tapes for my own amusement, of course.]

Before I try hacking such a thing myself in HyperCard, do any of you know of a
program that will do this? FreeWare or ShareWare would be preferable, though
any known programs would be appreciated.

[P.S. I don't know to cross-post, so if there are other groups more likely to
know, I appreciate someone telling me -- and since I don't always read the
various Mac groups, e-mail replies would be much appreciated.]

Thanks,

george
alisg@Msu.oscs.montana.edu
From: zaccone@rigel.cs.bucknell.edu (Rick Zaccone)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.hypercard
Subject: Technical Notes Stack
Date: 22 Dec 92 10:16:11
Organization: Bucknell University, Lewisburg, Pa.
Reply-To: zaccone@bucknell.edu
NNTP-Posting-Host: rigel.cs.bucknell.edu

I copied the Technical Notes Stack from ETO #9 to my hard drive.  Now
when I run it Hypercard complains that it "Can't find icon named
"angleright.black", and the arrows that point to the previous or next
card don't appear.  If I run the stack from ETO #9, all is well.

I copied the entire Technical Notes Folder.  What did I miss?

Rick
--
zaccone@bucknell.edu
Organization: University of Central Florida--Computer Services
Date: Thursday, 24 Dec 1992 14:48:09 EST
From: Patrick J. Kelly <PKELLY@UCF1VM.BITNET>
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.hypercard
Subject: HyperCard/Microphone/System7 and SuperCard

Thanks to all that helped in my efforts to enter into the Macintosh world head
first.
Since my last posting, I have been filled with a vast amount of HyperCard
and SuperCard knowledge.  Now, I would like to pass on a little that I have
learned.
1.  There exists HyperCard within SuperCard! Well, sort of... according
    to some people, if you have a stack created in HyperCard, it is
    "usable" in SuperCard v1.6  This was especially helpful to me since
    I needed the abilities of HyperCard's Audio Palette within SuperCard.
2.  The microphones that are standard on the new LC's and Powerbooks are
    primarily created for the HyperCard's Audio Palette.
3.  Try not to create a project that requires specific hardware.
    In my case, a project we created in SuperCard required a MacRecorder.
    At 100.00 a pop, these don't help in mass producing and selling
    your project.


Thanks again for the help
Patrick J. Kelly                 University of Central Florida
Computer Lab Consulant           Instruction and Research Support
pkelly@ucf1vm.cc.ucf.edu         Orlando, Florida
              ... your troubles have just begun ...
From: jkc@Apple.COM (John Kevin Calhoun)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.hypercard
Subject: Re: Storing window name?
Date: 26 Dec 92 18:06:28 GMT
Organization: Apple Computer Inc, Cupertino, CA


In article <bobjen-171292160238@bobjenner.ntu.edu.au>
bobjen@darwin.ntu.edu.au (Bob Jenner) writes:
>I wish to save the name of a window opened using the "picture" command for
>further manipulation.
>
>Can anyone tell me how to get the name of a picture window opened using the
>"picture" command.

When a new picture window is opened, the Picture XCMD sends the message
"openPicture" to the current card.  The first parameter to the openPicture
message is the name of the new picture window.  In HyperCard 2.1, the
openPicture message has a second parameter as well, which is the id of the
new picture window.  So, you can capture the name of the window as follows:

on openPicture name,id
  global listOfPictureNames
  put the number of items in listOfPictureWindows into numPictures
  put name into item (numPictures + 1) of listOfPictureWindows
end openPicture

When a picture window is closed, the Picture XCMD sends a closePicture
message to the current card.

Kevin Calhoun
jkc@apple.com
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.hypercard
From: cinnibar@netcom.com (Jeff Wood)
Subject: Re: Using the Audio Palette
Organization: Netcom Online Communications Services (408-241-9760 login: guest)
Date: Mon, 28 Dec 1992 22:52:12 GMT

In article <BzzInw.8t4@watserv1.uwaterloo.ca> alee@chimera.UWaterloo.ca (A. Lee) writes:
>I am trying to using the Audio Palette in Hypercard 2.1.  Is there any way that
>I can use the palette without it creating a button for every sound that it  
>records.  I would like the palette to just record/edit/play sounds and then  
>save them as a SND resource in my stack without creating a button.  Is this  
>possible???
>
>
>Any help would be appreciated.

Well, let's see what I can dredge up out of the ol' memory here.  If I remember
correctly, you can easily delete the button (In fact, I think if you option-
click on them, it will delete itself) without harming the resource.

Are you trying for some sort of interaction with a stack-user and the palette?
Or are you just as annoyed with HC's insistence that you must have a button
for each saved resource the palette handles as I am? :)  If anyone knows of
a property that can disable this function, I'm just as interested.

Jeff Wood
cinnibar@netcom.com
From: martin.mike@applelink.apple.com (Mike Martin)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.hypercard
Subject: Apple Jobs in Austin, Tx / TAC
Date: 30 Dec 92 21:38:51 GMT
Organization: Apple Computer / Austin TX

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years' technical experience in the above areas, with special focus in
A/UX (3.0 preferred), MacX, IBM DAL, or OCE.  Hand on technical
experience with TCP/IP, AppleTalk, SNA, APPC, X.25, or other
networking / communication environments preferred.  (Dept.  SSE
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You will resolve technical, and pre / post sales customer questions;
provide hardware and software support to Apple's service providers and
end user customers via telephone and AppleLink.  You should have a
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Apple Computer has a corporate commitment to the principal of
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Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.hypercard
From: edandavi@well.sf.ca.us (Ed Allen and Avi Rappoport)
Subject: Re: Progress ribbon in dialog box
Organization: Whole Earth 'Lectronic Link
Date: Sat, 26 Dec 1992 01:58:30 GMT


If you want to do a progress ribbon in HyperCard itself, you basically
need two parts, a passive rectangle which is paint or a button or a field,
and overlaying that, a hilited button which you resize to represent the
progress.  You'll change the rect of the indicator button each time you
update, keeping the left, top, and bottom coordinates, and adjusting the
right one.

the line at the core of the routine is:

set the rect of button <whatever> to myLeft,myTop,myRight,myBottom

Before that line you will have to fill those in, with only the right one
changing.

For a simple case ( a one hundred pixel progress bar, so as not to deal with
rounding from percents to pixels)

on updateProgress percentDone
  put the rect of btn "backButton" into buttonRect
  put item 1 of buttonRect + percentDone into item 3 of buttonRect
  set the rect of btn "indicator" to buttonRect
end updateProgress



There are also XCMDs that give you progress bar dialogs with or without
cancel buttons, etc.


Ed Allen
edandavi@well.sf.ca.us
BMUG HyperCard SIG Leader    Scripter for Hire
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.hypercard
Distribution: world
From: sharkman@magicbb.uucp (Matt Daw)
Organization: MAGIC - Macintosh Awareness Group In Canada
Date: Tue, 29 Dec 1992 13:30:44 EST
Subject: Re: beginner...

Actually, I want to be able to import a text file into a field on a new card in
the stack. I want to be able to do this several times for different text
files.

Matt
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.hypercard
From: brod@jessica.stanford.edu (Brodie Lockard)
Subject: Re: Selecting the ClickChunk ..Help?
Organization: Academic Information Resources
Date: Mon, 21 Dec 92 08:26:12 GMT

In article <1992Dec21.040625.20122@utkux1.utk.edu> danny@martha.utcc.utk.edu (Danny William McCampbell) writes:
>
>Could someone offer some advice of the following problem I am having?
>I have  a field with grouped text in it.  When a user clicks on a
>portion of the text I am selecting the ClickChunk.  The problem I am
>having is this is extremely slow. After the user clicks the text
>is selected(highlighted) after about 2 seconds.  Is there any way to
>speed this up.  I would like the text to become selected immediately.

This is almost immediate on a plain Mac II.  Are you using a Plus?  Are you
doing something to delay the display, like locking the screen and doing other
commands?

Brodie Lockard      brod@jessica.stanford.edu
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.hypercard
From: loa@syo.lu.se (Lars-Olof Albertson)
Subject: Re: Global compacting
Organization: Lund University
Date: Wed, 30 Dec 1992 19:22:14 GMT

In article <92362.200842LDAA@UDESVM.BITNET> <LDAA@UDESVM.BITNET> writes:
> Is there an utility that can compact, when asked to, all the hypercard
> files on a hard disk?
> 
> -Pierre Blackburn Ldaavm1.si.usherb.ca

I have made a stack  that will do the job for you.  I did it originally to 
do a 
catalogue over all xcmd:s. I'll translate it into English and put it into
our ftpserver Hugin.syo.lu.se. So look there in the beginning of next year
 or after 2 days. I will call the stack "Stacktools" so look for 
"stacktoo.hqx"
Regards and a Happy New 1993
Lars-Olof Albertson

Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.hypercard
From: Allen Winter <AWINTER1@agt.ab.ca>
Subject: Re: Selecting the ClickChunk ..Help?
X-Xxdate: Tue, 22 Dec 92 11:26:14 GMT
Organization: AGT Ltd
X-Useragent: Nuntius v1.1.1d9
Date: Tue, 22 Dec 92 18:33:23 GMT

In article <1992Dec21.040625.20122@utkux1.utk.edu> Danny William
McCampbell, danny@martha.utcc.utk.edu writes:
>I have  a field with grouped text in it.  When a user clicks on a
>portion of the text I am selecting the ClickChunk.  The problem I am
>having is this is extremely slow. After the user clicks the text
>is selected(highlighted) after about 2 seconds.  Is there any way to
>speed this up.  I would like the text to become selected immediately.

I think the delay you are observing is machine dependent (i.e. CPU speed,
etc) because on my Mac IIcx, the highlighting happens virtually
instantaneously after releasing the mouse.  However on a Mac SE, it is
noticeably slower (possibly 1 to 2 sec).

Allen Winter;   
          AGT Ltd; R&D; Edmonton, Alberta
          AWINTER1@agt.ab.ca
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.hypercard
From: vortex@IASTATE.EDU (Vicki Tsai)
Subject: Return key in field entry
Reply-To: vortex@IASTATE.EDU (Vicki Tsai)
Organization: Iowa State University
Date: Thu, 31 Dec 1992 20:29:15 GMT

	Occasionally, HyperCard will not let me use the return key while
I'm typing text into a field.  HyperCard simply ignores the return key,
forcing me to use the mouse to click at the next line.  Does anyone know why
this happens and what I can do to fix it?  This has happened on an SE, LC, 
and a IIcx but does not regularly occur.  I'm using HyperCard 2.1.

	Thanks for the help.

	Vicki
	vwtsai@leland.stanford.edu


Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.hypercard
From: Tom Benedict <tbenedic@halcyon.com>
Subject: Re: Need equivalents to common data structures
Originator: bbs@halcyon.com
Organization: The 23:00 News and Mail Service
Date: Sun, 27 Dec 1992 22:23:53 GMT

CHUCK WILLIAMS <34A6J53@CMUVM.CSV.CMICH.EDU> writes:

> Hello Geniuses,
> 
> I am having a hard time getting used to hypertalk.  I think it is
> very intuitive and easy to use, but I wish it had arrays, records,
> you know, good things like that.  What I need is to be able to create
> a queue that will hold a list of people who are waiting for a
> computer (this is for a computer lab.)  When a current users time
> is up, I have a flag that will alert me to that fact.  What I would like
> to do is be able to move the first person in the queue to that available
> machine. The problem is I don't know how.  Also, one more question.  When
> I ask for student ID input (via the ask cmd), does it take the input as a
> character string or numeric (the input would be something like 21345679?)
> If it does read it as a number, how would I convert it to a character string?
> 
> Hope these aren't rudimentary questions, I couldn't find the answers in the
> scripting guide.  Thanks for any help you can give.
> 
> Chuck
> 
> P.S. Can you define arrays in hypercard?  Or are they just fields you
> must reference one char at a time.

 Data typing is handled transparently by HyperCard. You don't have to 
worry whether you're working with number or text. HyperCard takes care of 
it for you (at least in most cases! They exceptions are obscure and not 
important for most users.) If it is imp;ortant to make sure that a string 
is treated as characters then you should enclose it within double 
quotation marks.
You're right about lack of array manipulation tools in Hypercard. 
HyperTalk chunk expressions can help you abit but you're really stuck 
with dealing with data one chunka t a time.
You're computer lab queue management system sounds rather straight 
forward. I may not understand exactly what your needs are.
Do you want to do this over a network? Do you want to have each machine 
send a message to a central server when it's free?  That is a little more 
work but can be done with AppleTalk XCMDs or via AppleEvents. 

Tom Benedict
From: pbd@doc.ic.ac.uk (Paul B Dias)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.hypercard
Subject: HyperHIT by Softstream International
Date: 21 Dec 1992 17:45:22 -0000
Organization: Department of Computing, Imperial College, University of London, UK.
Distribution: world
NNTP-Posting-Host: oak44.doc.ic.ac.uk


I wonder if anyone can help me with this.  I'm involved in maintaining a school library
database using HyperCard 2.0.  I read in "The Complete HyperCard 2.0 Handbook" about a
product called "HyperHIT" from Softstream International which sets up a fast, external
database and uses HyperCard as the front end to it, rather than storing the data in
stacks.  I have tried without success to contact Softstream International at the address
given in the HyperCard Handbook - does anyone know if they have moved?  Alternatively,
can anyone suggest another product which would help improve HyperCard's performance
as a database?

Any help greatly appreciated,

Paul Dias.
(pbd@doc.ic.ac.uk)
From: loa@syo.lu.se (Lars-Olof Albertson)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.hypercard
Subject: Re: Menu Question
Date: 30 Dec 92 19:00:27 GMT
Organization: Lund University

In article <92365.115447IO10702@MAINE.MAINE.EDU> IO10702@MAINE.MAINE.EDU 
(Merv) writes:
> I have made my own menus in the menubar and I was wondering
> how to enable them.
> ie when the user chooses one, how do I make it do something,,,,
> I don't have the development pack.  If I did, I probably could
> answer my own question.
> Thanks.
> -Merv
Hello 
you have to write a "domenu" handler 
on domenu What
  if what = "your menuitem" then
    your commands
    exit domenu
  end if
  if what =  "Your next menuitem" then
    your commands
    exit domenu
 end if
 pass domenu
end domenu

It is important that you have a pass domenu at end of the handler
If you don't have one you can't use any other menu.

it is also possible to use menuMessage when you create the menu, but
I think that domenu is easier if you do it for the first time.

Try to find a stack with a menu and look at the scripts. It is a useful
way of learning.

Regards and a Happy New Year
Lars-Olof Albertson
loa@syo.lu.se
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.hypercard
From: bcarter@claven.idbsu.edu (Bruce Carter)
Subject: Re: Technical Notes Stack
Organization: Boise State University - CBI Product Development
Date: Tue, 22 Dec 1992 17:27:06 GMT

In article <ZACCONE.92Dec22101611@rigel.cs.bucknell.edu>
zaccone@rigel.cs.bucknell.edu (Rick Zaccone) writes:
>I copied the Technical Notes Stack from ETO #9 to my hard drive.  Now
>when I run it Hypercard complains that it "Can't find icon named
>"angleright.black", and the arrows that point to the previous or next
>card don't appear.  If I run the stack from ETO #9, all is well.
>
>I copied the entire Technical Notes Folder.  What did I miss?

It may be in the HyperCard application or the Home stack on the CD, or it may
be "start using" another stack that you didn't catch.
                                     <->
Bruce Carter, CBI Product Development                bcarter@claven.idbsu.edu
Simplot/Micron Instructional Technology Center       amccarte@idbsu (Bitnet)
Boise State University, Boise, ID  83725             (208)385-1851@phone
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.hypercard
From: nick.waanders@med.umich.edu (Nick Waanders)
Subject: Re: HELP:  Counting days...
Date: Tue, 29 Dec 92 08:57:58 EST
Organization: University of Michigan
Followup-To: comp.sys.mac.hypercard

>
> How do I count days in HyperCard?
> 
It is pretty easy to convert dates and times using the CONVERT command.  If
two dates are converted to seconds, you can then divide the difference by
the number of seconds in a day (which by the way is 24 hours of 60 mins of
60 seconds).  For example...

put "5/14/92" into checkoutdate
put "5/21/92" into returndate
convert checkoutdate to seconds
convert returndate to seconds
answer "Book returned after"&&(returndate-checkoutdate)/(24*60*60)&&"days."

Another convert option which is useful is dateitems, which amoung other
things gives you the day of the year (1-365).  However, this approach would
have trouble when the year changes.

Nick Waanders
Orthopaedic Research Labs
University of Michigan
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.hypercard
From: ygor@3d2c.jhuapl.edu (Daniel E. White  (F2C))
Subject: Printing Multiple Portions of Card(s)
Organization: Johns Hopkins U. Applied Physics Lab
Date: Mon, 21 Dec 1992 13:58:33 GMT

  I know I can say to print a range of pixels, but I want to know if
 I can specify either where on the printed page to place the printable
 and/or to print images from multiple cards on a single page.

  Some background:
    I have a stack I'm customizing for a video/audio cassette library 
  and labeller.  I've set up the audio portion to print a label to 
  replace the paper insert to the tape case with one that has the 
  song listings.  Each tape is on its own card.  I want to be able to
  print two of these on a single page without swapping and flipping paper
  in my printer.  Also, I'd like to be able to use the new Avrey labels
  for both audio and video casettes, but I need to be able to place the
  printed image with some precision.

  Thanx in advance.

  Share & Enjoy

-- 
------------------------------------------------------------------------
                                                               Dan White
------------------------------------------------------------------------
"Sometimes  I  think  the  surest  sign  that  intelligent  life exists
 elsewhere  in the universe is that none of it has tried to contact us."
                                                  Calvin (Bill Waterson)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.hypercard
From: alee@chimera.UWaterloo.ca (A. Lee)
Subject: Using the Audio Palette
Organization: University of Waterloo
Date: Mon, 28 Dec 1992 19:40:43 GMT

I am trying to using the Audio Palette in Hypercard 2.1.  Is there any way that  
I can use the palette without it creating a button for every sound that it  
records.  I would like the palette to just record/edit/play sounds and then  
save them as a SND resource in my stack without creating a button.  Is this  
possible???


Any help would be appreciated.

Thanks,

Alex Lee
From: loa@syo.lu.se (Lars-Olof Albertson)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.hypercard
Subject: Re: Way to install/delete multiple resources...
Date: 2 Jan 93 00:50:18 GMT
Organization: Lund University

In article <31DEC92.19330087@vax.clarku.edu> draphaely@vax.clarku.edu 
writes:
> Is there a way to install/delete multiple resources into/from multiple
> stacks by way of single x-thing (as a script would install scripts)?
> Den' Raphaely - draphaely@vax.clarku.edu
Hello Den,
I have not seen that bird. Perhaps somebody else have?
I think you have to write a script using xcmd rescopy,copyres or  
rescopyquick and write a line for each resurs.  If you don't have have 
those xcmd:s please e-mail me so will I send them by mail. 
I have also a script that will do it a little easier.
Our mailserver is down so you can use another address: larsolof&vhs.se
Regards
Lars-Olof Albertson