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- From: crawford@jhunix.hcf.jhu.edu (James E Crawford)
- Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.hypercard
- Subject: Re: Importing/accessing text files
- Message-ID: <1992Nov18.164034.15856@jhunix.hcf.jhu.edu>
- Date: 18 Nov 92 16:40:34 GMT
- Article-I.D.: jhunix.1992Nov18.164034.15856
- References: <1992Nov16.155906.8559@jhunix.hcf.jhu.edu> <jpugh-171192212010@kip2-56.apple.com>
- Organization: HAC - Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore
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- I would like to thank everyone for their help in solving this problem. Your
- assistance has been invaluable....
-
- But...
-
- 1) The read command only lets you import 16k at a time (according to
- the Complete HyperTalk Handbook).
-
- 2) There is no mechanism to search backward in a file. (ie. you can read
- until a certain character/word/whatever, but there is no way to tell HC to
- "read until Mercutio then go back 100 lines and import the next 200"
-
- These are the problems confronting me now... Any suggestions? Will HC 2.5
- remedy these? When will it be out, anyway?
-
- Jim
-