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From: DICRESCE_PEJ@CCSUA.CTSTATEU.EDU (Caliban)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.hypercard
Subject: Need Supercard Help
Date: 7 Jan 1993 20:24:30 -0600
Organization: UTexas Mail-to-News Gateway
NNTP-Posting-Host: cs.utexas.edu

Wonder if someone could help me out --

  I'm developing an application in Supercard that works with external files,
creating them as new projects.  What I need to do is to get Supercard to be
able to create a new folder as well to store relevant project stacks in.
Is there any way to do this with version 1.5 and up?

						Peter DiCrescenzo
						DICRESCE_PEJ@CCSUA.CTSTATEU.EDU
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.hypercard
From: compton@kronos.arc.nasa.gov (Michael Compton)
Subject: Programmatic Access to Control Panel Settings
Organization: NASA/ARC Information Sciences Division
Date: Mon, 11 Jan 1993 19:11:34 GMT


Does anyone know of an XCMD or some other programmatic way to set various
Control Panel settings? I'm particularly interested in access to time and date
(from the General Controls panel), the Disk Cache, VM, and 32-bit mode settings
(from the Memory panel), and several of the settings on the "Portable" panel.

Our application runs on a PowerBook 170 and will probably lose parameter RAM
when the lithium battery runs down (we de-install the main battery for safety
and storage reasons).

Any hints, comments, or pointers to system calls that can help will be greatly
appreciated.  Feel free to contact any of the following people by phone or
email.  

Thanks!

Michael Compton
phone: (415) 604-6776
email: compton@ptolemy.arc.nasa.gov

Rich Frainier
phone: (415) 604-4776
email: frainier@kronos.arc.nasa.gov

Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.hypercard
From: steve.herman%express@freedom.msfc.nasa.gov (Steve Herman)
Subject: HELP! What is unexpected error 5454
Followup-To: comp.sys.mac.hypercard
Organization: BCSS
Date: Tue, 5 Jan 1993 23:16:55 GMT

Can someone tell me what is causing me to get "Unexpected Error 5454" when
attempting to open my stack?

I had just finished making a bunch of changes to the stack (without any
errors that I was aware of). Then when I quit Hypercard and attempted to
restart my stack I suddenly get this "Unexpected Error 5454" when the stack
is starting up.

My first card displays but then the error message appears and the only
option is a "Quit" button which quits hypercard.

I have a feeling the stack must be corrupted but I'm not a Hypercard expert
so any advice or help in salvaging it would be appreciated.

** Please reply back to the newsgroup as mail doesn't seem to be getting
through to me lately **

----------------------------------------------------
- Steve Herman - BCSS
- Boeing Computer Support Services
- Huntsville, AL
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From: tommy@macpost.vanderbilt.edu (Tommy Williams)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.hypercard
Subject: Re: delete a file?
Date: 7 Jan 93 16:32:42 GMT
Followup-To: comp.sys.mac.hypercard
Organization: Vanderbilt School of Medicine

In article <1ifk5kINNcrp@titan.ucc.umass.edu>, jg@titan.ucc.umass.edu (John
Greene) wrote:
> 
> Hloe!
> 
>   Is there a command to delete a (text) file from within Hypercard if the
> full pathname is specified?  If not, can anyone supply an XCMD?  This has
> got to be simple.
> 
> -jg (jg@titan.ucc.umass.edu)

There's a Rinaldi that does that (I think it's called EraseFile 1.2).

--Tommy Williams        tommy@macpost.vanderbilt.edu

  The Virgil Project
  Vanderbilt University School of Medicine
  (615) 343-0343
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.hypercard
From: joshr@kronos.arc.nasa.gov (Joshua Rabinowitz-Summer-91)
Subject: Re: Help with levels
Organization: NASA/ARC Information Sciences Division
Date: Tue, 12 Jan 1993 21:06:05 GMT

In article <1993Jan10.234505.9829@news.acns.nwu.edu> d_reiss@retief.astro.nwu.edu (David Reiss) writes:
>I need some help...I just got a powerbook and it came with a 
>"Hypercard player," but I know that you can program with it
>using the "magic" word...to get all five levels.  This doesn't
>seem to work with this new version (I think it`s version 2.1 or
>something like that).  DId they change Hypercard so typing
>'magic' on the last card in the home stack  won't add the
>4th and 5th user levels?
>
>Thanks to anyone with any ideas.
>
>dreiss
>
>


That's the point.  The player does not allow those levels of use.
BTW - does HC player run in less memory than HC2.1?

I think you are wrong about the 'magic' keyword. But I could
be the mistaken one.


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Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.hypercard
From: a-scotth@microsoft.com (Scott Hysmith)
Subject: How to detect palette close?
Date: 05 Jan 93 02:40:58 GMT
Organization: Microsoft Corp.
Keywords: palette close system message

Does anyone have the foggiest clue how to detect a click in the close box of a palette?
I would really like to execute a handler at this point, but can find no way to notify
HyperCard that a palette was just closed.

Any ideas?

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Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.hypercard
From: joshr@kronos.arc.nasa.gov (Joshua Rabinowitz-Summer-91)
Subject: Re: Hypercard Error Message
Organization: NASA/ARC Information Sciences Division
Date: Tue, 12 Jan 1993 21:15:43 GMT

In article <dremsen-120193151547@starmac6.mbl.edu> dremsen@mbl.edu (David Remsen) writes:
>I was opening my HyperCard stack, Addresses with Audio when I got the
>following
>error message:   Can't open stack "Addresses with Audio".  File System
>error -108.


-108 means out of memory.

>
>The file can't be opened.  Clicking on the button to open this stack does
>nothing.
>Nothing. The file doesnt open nor does the message appear.  The message
>appears when you open through the file menu.
>
>I'm stuck. I need the addresses and don't know what to do. The stack
>won't open with Hypercard on another machine either.
>
>Any suggestions would be helpful.
>
>Thanks, David Remsen


-- 
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#include <std/disclaimer.h>     Josh Rabinowitz, Mac TCL programmer
joshr@kronos.arc.nasa.gov
"Me lost my cookie at the disco." -- Cookie Monster
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.hypercard
From: tommy@macpost.vanderbilt.edu (Tommy Williams)
Subject: Re: Stacks directories and FAQ?
Followup-To: comp.sys.mac.hypercard
Organization: Vanderbilt School of Medicine
Date: Thu, 7 Jan 1993 16:22:17 GMT

In article <1993Jan5.140759.61433@qut.edu.au>, darnell@qut.edu.au wrote:
> 
> Hi.
> I am interested in Mac stacks. Is there a listing of available
> stacks anywhere?
> Is there a FAQ for this group?

There are stacks everywhere: mac.archive.umich.edu; in /info-mac/card at
sumex-aim.stanford.edu (don't forget to look in /info-mac/card/x for good
XCMDs and XFCNs); in /pub/pugh/hyperstuff at ftp.apple.com.

These are a few places to start. There's more out there, of course, but
these should keep you busy.

--Tommy Williams        tommy@macpost.vanderbilt.edu

  The Virgil Project
  Vanderbilt University School of Medicine
  (615) 343-0343
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.hypercard
From: A.Poulter@lut.ac.uk
Subject: Supercard comms
Reply-To: A.Poulter@lut.ac.uk (A Poulter)
Organization: Loughborough University, UK.
Date: Tue, 12 Jan 93 20:48:17 GMT

I want to access the serial port from Supercard, in order to communicate
with a remote computer. While Supercard can set up the port, there seems
to be no way to use it. Does anyone know how to use the port from Supercard?

Alan Poulter
Information and Library Studies
Loughborough University
UK.
From: sharvy@reed.edu (V Headshape)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.hypercard
Subject: resize dialog
Date: 12 Jan 93 00:57:27 GMT
Article-I.D.: reed.1993Jan12.005727.6076
Organization: Reed College, Portland, Oregon


How can I access the resize dialog (normally accessed from the "Stack
Info" dialog) from a script?
-- 
Liberate the Weirdoes and You Liberate the Squares
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.hypercard
From: joshr@kronos.arc.nasa.gov (Joshua Rabinowitz-Summer-91)
Subject: AE's / bringing hypercard to foreground
Organization: NASA/ARC Information Sciences Division
Date: Wed, 13 Jan 1993 03:12:54 GMT


-- 
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joshr@kronos.arc.nasa.gov
"Me lost my cookie at the disco." -- Cookie Monster
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.hypercard
From: haggas@kean.ucs.mun.ca
Subject: Movie/button/quit script question
Organization: Memorial University. St.John's Nfld, Canada
Date: Wed, 6 Jan 1993 19:33:44 GMT

I wish to "play" a QuickTime movie and "quit" a stack through a 
background "Quit" button. I cannot play the movie and quit the stack 
in the button script. How can this be done?

I have temporarily got around this problem by adding to each card 
script (since each card has a "Quit" button) the following:
on closeMovie
  go last -- quit doMenu routine on card script
end closMovie

This is awkward, it limits the playing to one movie and requires the 
repetitive scripting on each card.

This is our first home-made application of movie clips to student 
teaching. This clip instructs a medical student how to correctly
shut down the MAC, external hard-drive and power supply.

I recall a newsgroup user asking how to shutdown the mac from within
a stack and was advised not to do this by a respondent. Any comments 
on this process?

Comments or suggestions either on this group or directly to me would 
be appreciated. I would be pleased to pass on what I learn to any 
interested party.

John Haggas
haggas@kean.ucs.mun.ca
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.hypercard
From: mhz7c@curry.edschool.Virginia.EDU (Mark H. Zollinhofer)
Subject: Re: Shareware Fonts
Organization: University of Virginia
Date: Fri, 8 Jan 1993 05:26:56 GMT

While your asking about fonts, does anyone know of a source for
fonts used in chemical equations: a degree sign, sub- and
super- scripts, a delta (for change and heat), arrows, etc. all
in one font set rather than piecemeal in different font sets.

In addition, how about a set of fonts to use in statistics:  it
is common to use Greek alphabet letters and the symbol font
does well for that but I can figure out how to do x-bar for
"mean" with a single keystroke in MSWord.... ah If I only had
the right font set. Sigh....

How about creating a font set?  What software would be a good
choice for something simple like Helvetica, Times, or New York,
but with special characters like those mentioned above.

TIA for any info anyone might be able to provide.
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From: gasser@eniac.seas.upenn.edu (Nathan Gasser)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.hypercard
Subject: Re: HyperCard 3.0 info
Date: 12 Jan 93 07:23:36 GMT


In article <1993Jan12.043815.22887@murdoch.acc.Virginia.EDU> mhz7c@curry.edschool.Virginia.EDU (Mark H. Zollinhofer) writes:
>I hope your rumor about a colorless HyperCard is just a rumor.
>I hate to be heretical (especially since I own a color LC and
>enjoy HyperCarding immensely), but the Asymmetrix (IBM-PC) package
>"ToolBook" has intrinsic objects AND color, which makes certain
>kinds of programming much easier.  I was really hoping the HC
>3.0 would put us Mac-ers at par -- so that's really
           ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^

[Flame on]
AT PAR???  At par with ToolBook?  HyperCard 1.2.5 was better than
ToolBook.  SuperCard is better than ToolBook.  HyperCard 2.1 kills
ToolBook.  ToolBook is the biggest dog of a software product ever to
run under the biggest dog of an almost-operating system on the biggest
dog of a computer on this planet.
[Flame off]

ToolBook is too slow, too space intensive, and too buggy for large
projects.  It makes a nicer address book than HyperCard, but I'd rather
develop with HyperCard if the project is anything non-trivial.
If you think you need color, SuperCard is fine.  It's still slow, but
more stable and less annoying than ToolBook.

Nate.

P.S.
[Flame on]
The day HyperCard needs to "catch up" to any HyperCard clone,
especially on Windows; or for any other reason Mac users need to
be "put on par" with Windows rip-offs, is the day I crawl into
a cave with my Apple //e.  "On par..."  Sheesh! 
[Flame off]
--

Nathan Gasser       ><>         
gasser@eniac.seas.upenn.edu
From: spw@uniwa.uwa.edu.au (Steven P Wilkinson)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.hypercard
Subject: Default folder for ask file dialog
Date: 5 Jan 1993 15:05:22 +0800
Organization: The University of Western Australia
NNTP-Posting-Host: uniwa.uwa.edu.au
X-Newsreader: Tin 1.1 PL5

Hi all,

Is there a way to specify the folder which the ask/answer file
dialog will open at when it is called from within a script?

It appears the default is the folder containing
the stack I call ask/answer file from. I don't need to restrict
my users to a particular folder but I want them to see that folder
when the dialog opens.

Thanks in advance,

Steve Wilkinson
University of Western Australia

Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.hypercard
From: danny@martha.utcc.utk.edu (Danny William McCampbell)
Subject: Scrolling field problem....
Organization: University of Tennessee Computing Center
X-Newsreader: Tin 1.1 PL3
Date: Thu, 7 Jan 1993 18:39:28 GMT

Hi all.  I have two scrolling fields side by side.  Each contain text.
I have enabled an option to have the fields to scroll together or
seperately.  The problem is when the fields are set to scroll together
one field has more text than the other and the last few lines of the
other field are not visible.  I cannot have this.  Is there any way
to find out what the very last scroll number is in the field with
the longest text as well as the other field so when one gets to the
end I can set the other one to the end?  Please help me........

Any suggestions on maybe a different way to go about this would be
greatly appreciated.


--
Danny McCampbell
UT Computing Center
danny@utkux1.utk.edu
From: jg@titan.ucc.umass.edu (John Greene)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.hypercard
Subject: Re: screen/window to clip xcmd?
Date: 8 Jan 1993 23:28:46 -0500
Organization: University of Massachusetts, Amherst
Distribution: world
NNTP-Posting-Host: titan.ucc.umass.edu

In article <1il08l$99t@agate.berkeley.edu> jstern@garnet.berkeley.edu () writes:
>Anybody know of an xcmd that can take a snapshot of ANY window and
>paste it into the clipboard?

What about QT Snipper?  That'll take a window, the screen, a selection,
and even a pulled down menu and put it to the clipboard, scrapbook, PICT
file, etc.  This is one FKEY that no Macintosh user should be without.

>
>Judy Stern

--
-jg (jg@titan.ucc.umass.edu)

Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.hypercard
From: demerit@vms.macc.wisc.edu (J. DeMerit)
Subject: Shareware Fonts
Organization:  University of Wisconsin Academic Computing Center
Date:  6 JAN 93 11:16:16    

I heard a discusssion regarding math fonts such as ANU math and BosMath which 
contain subscripts and superscripts that can be used in HC.

Does anyone know of an FTP where I can get these or the like.  I am creating a 
technical stack with scientific notation.

Thanks, Cathy (email: demerit@macc.wisc.edu)
From: gasser@eniac.seas.upenn.edu (Nathan Gasser)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.hypercard
Subject: Re: Background troubles...
Date: 12 Jan 93 18:52:06 GMT


In article <1993Jan12.160745.4826@utkux1.utk.edu> danny@martha.utcc.utk.edu (Danny William McCampbell) writes:
>Can someone tell me what is wrong with this statement and why it refuses
>to work?
>
>hide bg field id 72 of bg id 5181
>also
>hide bg field id 72 of bg "Introduction"
>
>Neither of the above work.  I would much rather use the first line.
[...]

Hmmm... I suppose it's another example of us thinking too much for
our own good.  I've tried this before too.  You must specify which
card you wish to hide the field on, even though it doesn't really matter.
Try:

hide bg fld id 72 of cd (the first cd of bg id 5181)

I think that should work.  Else just say "... of cd id 1932" where
cd id 1932 is a card on bg 5181.

Nate.

--

Nathan Gasser       ><>         
gasser@eniac.seas.upenn.edu     
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.hypercard
From: bulmer@hilbert.cc.utas.edu.au (Michael R. Bulmer)
Subject: HyperCard and Mathematica (Sys 7)
Organization: University of Tasmania, Australia.
Date: Mon, 11 Jan 1993 21:38:44 GMT


Has anyone used AppleEvents to use Mathematica from HyperCard
to do calculations?  Could anyone send me an example script,
even just the general "do script" message required?

Thanks,

Michael.
--
Michael Bulmer                          "Talking about music
University of Tasmania at Hobart         is like
bulmer@hilbert.maths.utas.edu.au         danicng about architecture."
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac,comp.sys.mac.comm,comp.sys.mac.misc
From: marcush@leland.Stanford.EDU (Marcus Edward Hennecke)
Subject: Re: Could someone kindly answer a newbie's question?
Organization: DSG, Stanford University, CA 94305, USA
Distribution: usa
Date: Tue, 12 Jan 93 01:26:03 GMT

In article <1ispmsINNtuc@ub.d.umn.edu> serickso@ub.d.umn.edu (Scott Erickson) writes:
>Previously David.White@launchpad.unc.edu (David White) wrote: 
>>- What's the deal with StuffIt and Compact Pro?  Are they just 2 rival,
>>incompatible file compressing programs?  Will either one decompress the other?
>Stuffit does not decompress Compact Pro.  I do not know if Compact Pro
>decompresses Stuffit files.

Well, depends. There are a number of programs that can decompress
Stuffit files. I strongly recommend Stuffit Expander 3.0, which can
handle BinHex, Stuffit and Compact Pro files. It can be found on
sumex-aim.stanford.edu in the directory /info-mac/util, if my memory
serves me right.

>>- What's the deal with BinHex?  Why are most uploaded programs in .HQX
>>format if it makes the file BIGGER?
>BinHex converts a binary file to a text file.  It seems that many programs
>can only handle text files.

It was my understanding that this is because some people still can't
use ftp. Instead, they must retrieve the files through an ftp server
that can send the files via e-mail. However, sending binary files via
e-mail will almost certainly fail, because e-mail is designed to
transmit ASCII text.

Binary files can contain any character without limitation. ASCII
files however only contain certain characters. There is a character,
for example, that may be used to indicate the end of a file. If that
character appeared somewhere in the middle of the file, then
everything after that would get lost. There are also various other
characters that have special meaning to the file transfer process.
There are ways to transfer binary files (in ftp you have to type
`binary' to set the transfer mode to binary), but e-mail is not one of
them.

Hope this helps,

Marcus
marcush@leland.stanford.edu
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.system
Subject: Re: What's with this formatter to put 2x data on your disk?
From: stefan@stefan.spn.com
Date: Mon, 04 Jan 93 12:08:27 +0100
X-Mailer: rnMac Buggy, I mean Beta, Test Version


> Another thing....How do I get my .sig file to work right?  It's not
> displaying the whole file; there's a few more lines to it...

Some newer Xmailers limit the size of the .sig file to 4 lines to avoid
waste of bandwith by the use of king-size standard disclaimers that are
anyway clear to everybody (opinion expressed is mine and neither my 
mother-in-law's, my grandpa's nor my two-year-old son's...)

Nice feature, if you ask me.

Stefan
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Voicenet: +41 61 - 261 28 90
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Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.system
From: m14494@mwvm.mitre.org (Mike White)
Subject: System 7 and the Mac Plus
Organization: The MITRE Corporation
Distribution: na
Date: Tue, 12 Jan 1993 21:20:17 GMT

Can I run system 7.0.1 on my trusty Mac Plus?  I have
4 megs of RAM, and presently run 6.0.7.  Even if it will
work, is there any real advantage?  Thanks.

************************
* These are my opinions only.*
************************
From: lengrav@byron.u.washington.edu (Loren Engrav)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.system
Subject: STrk sounds
Date: 6 Jan 1993 05:12:05 GMT
Organization: University of Washington, Seattle
Distribution: usa
Reply-To: lengrav@u.washington.edu
NNTP-Posting-Host: byron.u.washington.edu


Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.system
From: worden@silver.ucs.indiana.edu (elizabeth worden)
Subject: system disappeared, but mac still runs
Organization: Indiana University
Date: Sat, 9 Jan 1993 17:04:47 GMT

Does anyone out there have any idea what is going on?  I am at a loss
as to what to try next!

Since this is not apparently a widespread problem (no one I have talked
with has ever heard of it before!), it might be a good idea to reply 
directly to me rather than take up space on the net.  But either way,
I would be very grateful if anyone has any idea of what is happening,
as I certainly do not!  Thanks!


Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.system
From: lau@aerospace.aero.org (David Lau)
Subject: Re: System 7.1 Bug, PB 180 Bug or Bad HD?
Followup-To: comp.sys.mac.system
Organization: The Aerospace Corporation; El Segundo, CA
Date: Tue, 12 Jan 1993 18:46:08 GMT

In article <1icjloINNnh3@darkstar.UCSC.EDU>, Eric Goodman
<ericg@hum.ucsc.edu> wrote:
> 
> I've got a PowerBook 180 4/120 (Finally!) and am having an annoying if
> not fatal problem with the hard drive. I repartitioned the hard drive to
> reclaim the hidden space, then re-installed Sys 7.1 from the installer
> disks, in case that's important. The problem is that whenever I have a
> crash that requires a restart the internal drive is corrupted. The drive
> is found with no problems, but I get the "This disk is damaged, Do you
> want to initialize it?" message. I can get the drive back by running
> Norton Disk Doctor, though Norton says the disk may be damaged. This is
> an infinitely repeatable problem.
> 
> So the question is as the title says: Is this something wrong with the
> System 7.1 installer, the PB ROMs or just a bad HD? (I am hoping to avoid
> reformatting because of the 85 Meg of stuff I'd have to back up - also,
> if this is a known problem, I'd like it solved before the backup, not
> after).
> 
> Thanks in advance -

I have had the same problem with my Duo 230.  I would consider this a major
bug since MacWorld magazine just published an article on how to reformat
your drive to its maximum size.  I think alot of people are going to try it
now and there will be alot of crashed HDs out there.   People are going
to be screaming at Apple soon. 
David Lau
lau@aerospace.aero.org
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.system