Color Tools Scripts

Colour and HyperCard

Index

When you use the Color Tools on a stack the following scripts are automatically added to your stack script.

on openStack
  AddColor install
  pass openStack
end openStack
on closeStack
  AddColor remove
  pass closeStack
end closeStack
on openCard
  Send colorMe to this card
  pass openCard
end openCard
on closeCard
  lock screen
  pass closeCard
end closeCard
on colorMe
  AddColor colorCard,stamp,30
end colorMe

The default colour depth for the AddColor XCMD is 8 bits or 256 colours. If you want more colours you have to specify in the openStack script. For 16 bit colour use this script 

on openStack
  AddColor install,16
  pass openStack
end openStack

Heizer's Colour Software

Heizer Software sell a set of tools called InColor which complement the Color Tools stack, as well as adding new features. InColor adds support for applying textures to objects, for different types of bevels, and more efficient runtime colorization. InColor also has a style sheet feature, to help you make your project visually consistent. It also provides the means by which you can add a backdrop to your stacks, so the whole screen is filled.

Heizer Software
P.O.Box 232019
Pleasant Hill, CA 94523
Phone: (510) 943-7667
Fax: (510) 943-6882

On the Goodies page at the Heizer web site is InColorVisual 1.0! consisting of XCMDs and XFCNs that restore the ability to use traditional HyperCard visual effects when using Apple's Color Tools and/or Heizer's InColor. You can download it from Heizer's web page and it's free! Not just for personal use, but for commercial use, too!

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