Please read this entire "Read Me" file. It contains important information and tips that will enhance your experience with the HyperCard 2.3 demo. We recommend that you print a copy.
1. To install the HyperCard 2.3 Demo on your hard drive, insert the CD-ROM in your CD-ROM drive.
2. Drag the ╥HyperCard 2.3 Demo╙ folder from the DemoCD to your hard drive. Do not place it in any sub-folders or on the desktop.
3. Open folder ╥Goes in Extensions Folder╙ on the DemoCD and drag each item, one at a time, to your Extensions folder in your System folder. Answer ╥OK╙ to dismiss any dialogs that appear.
1. Open ╥Acrobat Reader╙ folder on the DemoCD and double-click ╥AcroRead.mac╙ file. Follow instructions that appear on your screen to install Acrobat Reader on your hard drive. After installation the machine restarts.
2. Launch Acrobat Reader from your hard drive and open the file "HC 2.3 Script.pdf" that you will find in the "Demo Script" folder in the "Acrobat Reader 300dpi Version" folder. Print this file and use it as your script for the demo.
Macintosh with 12 Mb RAM and 20 Mb free hard drive space.
An Apple¿ Macintosh, Power Macintosh¬, or PowerBook¿ computer with a 68040 or later microprocessor.
A hard disk drive.
HyperCard's memory partition should be set to at least 3072K to use the Color Tools (5120K on Macintosh Computers with PowerPC microprocessors with virtual memory off). HyperCard's memory partition should be set to 3072K, or more, to use the Color Painting Tools (5120K on Macintosh Computers with PowerPC microprocessors with virtual memory off).
System software 7.0 or later is required for this demo.
Be sure that you installed all extensions, one at a time into the System Folder as noted in the installation above.
HyperCard must be setup properly for the this demo to work. Setting up HyperCard properly requires that you have installed both Color Tools and AddMotion II. Confirm this by launching HyperCard and look at the Home stack. You should see both the Color Tools and AddMotion II buttons. They should say they are on. If this is not the case, launch the Color Tools stack in the HyperCard folder and choose install. Do the same with the AddMotion II stack.
You should do a few things before each session of demonstrating HyperCard 2.3.
The Demo Helper is provided to make doing the demo as easy as possible. You can not do parts of the demo as written in the demo script without it. The Demo Helper was written in HyperCard 2.3 and saved as a stand-alone application. It uses AppleScript to control HyperCard during the demo and is an excellent example of creating an application with HyperCard. The Demo Helper will always be located in the upper-left of your screen and cannot be moved. The colored buttons will help you by illustrating HyperCard's features; the numbered buttons will allow you to catch up to the same numbered points in the demo script if you get off track during the demo.
Once you follow the steps outlined above, you should have no trouble demoing for an audience, assuming you are familiar with the script of what you are going to say and do. Do a dry-run without an audience and you can make sure everything is working properly and gain confidence.
Remember the numbered buttons in the Demo Helper can help you catch up at any point.
When finished, use the Restart button on the Demo Helper to get ready for the next demo.
