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Re: Hypercard problem
Here in comp.emulators.mac.executor, bo_ltl@uxmail.ust.hk (Salty Bean)
spake unto us, saying:
>1. I can't run some *.hqx files after expanded them, the items are all
> question mark icons that can't be executed.
The HQX part of the file is just the text-encoding part of the file.
You normally still have an archive file (like a SIT file or a CPT file)
underneath.
The normal solution is to run Stuffit Expander and have it deHQX the
file, then run it again to dearchive the contents of the archive.
You can set Stuffit Expander's preferences to do it all in one shot.
>2. Some Hypercard-required programs(BTW, WHat's hypercard?) won't run
> on the system even I tried to download a programme called hypercard
> player2.3 from apple mirror site, unluckly, it itself hangs the system.
Hypercard is an interesting macro language based on the concept of a
series (or "stack") of "cards". You can add buttons, bitmaps, and
input fields to cards, and my impression is that Hypercard stacks can
get fairly complex (example, the Mac-based UTS terminal emulator I use
at work has a Hypercard API so a Hypercard stack can hook into a number
of terminal functions and play around on the terminal like a user).
I don't know a lot about it, but it looks like a neat concept from the
little bits I've seen.
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