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- From: jrspacer@aol.com (JRSpacer)
- Newsgroups: biz.books.technical
- Subject: Advanced HyperCard Scripting!
- Date: 6 Apr 1995 00:18:51 -0400
-
- HyperSavvy is a stack literally BURSTING with scripting techniques,
- tricks, and tips- and most all the scripts are "live"- that is, fully
- functional in the stack, with their results easily visible by a button
- press or PopUp menu choice.
-
- Many of the scripts in HyperSavvy have already proven themselves out in
- the field, in other stacks, enjoying a minimum of a year's worth of
- debugging and polishing before ever appearing in HyperSavvy; so it's
- highly unlikely you'll encounter a problem with them.
-
- HyperSavvy is NOT PROTECTED, and is set to USERLEVEL 5. So you have
- full access to everything (so long as you possess the full-blown HyperCard
- application). This allows you to use HyperSavvy as a 'template' stack-
- transform it directly into your own custom stacks- or borrow bits and
- pieces instead, as preferred.
-
- Anyone may use HyperSavvy's scripts (AND the custom navigation palette)
- in their own shareware and commercial stacks, with no more obligation than
- plainly stating within those stacks the source of the code and palette.
-
- Major scripting techniques presented in HyperSavvy (there's lots of
- minor ones not listed here) include the following:
-
- 1. Central control over stack navigation that ties together the
- cursor/arrow keys, Go menu commands, custom menu commands, keyboard menu
- shortcuts, and an attractive custom navigation palette into a single
- system. This allows you to change all stack navigation operations with
- just the tweak of a few central script handlers.
-
- 2. Your own "About [filename]..." under the Apple menu, and "Quit
- [filename]" under the File menu, and a custom "[filename]" menu, easily
- customized within MINUTES for your own stacks.
-
- 3. Comprehensive modifications of HyperCard menus on demand- menu AND
- menu item deletions, disablings, enablings, breaks, and redirections of
- commands- whatever you require for your own project.
-
- 4. A fast and elegant PopUp menu (in pure HyperTalk yet!) which changes
- 'on-the-fly' to present different options for different cards.
-
- 5. An exhaustive trap script for all HyperCard menu calls- simply
- insert your own custom scripts for any menu item you desire. This gives
- you absolute control of every menu command in a stack (and so is great
- when you want to protect your stack from hackers with a few special tricks
- of your own).
-
- 6. Full custom menu and palette wrap, and transparent userLevel
- changes, within multi-stack environments. This greatly reduces the chance
- of script errors, while also making your own stacks behave much more
- professionally under complex conditions. You (and your stack's users) will
- be delighted.
-
- 7. A wide range of ask and answer dialog boxes, from simple to complex.
-
- 8. Three different styles of progress gauge dialogs, including the
- standard bar, and new choices of page and circular styles, all equipped
- with Abort buttons (pure HyperTalk here, too!).
-
- 9. A versatile scrolling list dialog with click-to-choose and multiple
- function buttons.
-
- 10. "Find..." and "Find Next" scripts complete with a full range of
- contingency dialogs already built-in, ready and waiting to be pasted into
- your own stack.
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- 11. Background processing for HyperCard, with examples providing time
- and date readouts for users, and a trap script that'll tell you everytime
- a user starts or stops typing into a field.
-
- 12. Ways to keep tabs on the size of any script or text field in a
- stack, and intercept and deal with HyperCard script errors in a way
- invisible to end-users.
-
- Why spend months trying to gather up and comprehend all these
- techniques separately, with little or no help, and then spend more months
- attempting to make them all work together, when you can just download or
- order HyperSavvy today?
-
- HyperSavvy was a FLUX EXTRA accompanying the Summer 94 issue of FLUX
- magazine (as shipped to subscribers)- the best electronic magazine in the
- world, and available only on the Mac.
-
- FLUX and its EXTRAs usually require HyperCard Player v2.1 or higher.
- Back issues and some EXTRAs like HyperSavvy may be downloaded FREE from
- America OnLine, as well as found on shareware CD ROMs from EDUCORP and
- AMUG's BBS-in-a-Box, among others.
-
- If these other sources are not convenient for you, you may order
- HyperSavvy directly, for $ 17.00 plus $ 5.00 for shipping and handling
- (total $ 22.00), following the directions given below for payment and
- mailing address.
-
- If you want the very latest and greatest issues of FLUX, plus
- guaranteed delivery of all related FLUX EXTRAs (applications like
- Pathfinder, books-on-disk like Vaporware and HyperSavvy, etc.), four issue
- subscriptions are available for $ 49.50 (FLUX is published quarterly). A
- sample issue (sans any EXTRAs) is $ 15.00. Make checks/money orders
- payable to J.R. Mooneyham, 135 Lincoln Ave, Newport, TN 37821
- Have questions or comments? Send them to JRSpacer@aol.com. Thanks!
-
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- Become an overnight expert in HyperCard- by downloading or ordering
- HyperSavvy HOT today!
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