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- From: mhz7c@curry.edschool.Virginia.EDU (Mark H. Zollinhofer)
- Subject: Re: novice help, please
- Message-ID: <1993Jan12.043136.22766@murdoch.acc.Virginia.EDU>
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- Organization: University of Virginia
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- Date: Tue, 12 Jan 1993 04:31:36 GMT
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- The main reason to purchase the kit is to obtain the extra
- stacks that come with the newer version. If you really intend
- to play seriously with scripting, the reference manual is
- really nice to have as a reference manual! (This is true for
- those types who actually do read the manuals; I frequently get
- a lot of help from books, especially when there aren't people
- around.)
-
- Buy Goodman's book "The Complete HyperCard 2.0 Handbook". It
- worth it's weight in half-dollars! ISBN0-553-34893-0 c1990.
- Even though it's two years old, its got good stuff.
-
- Get the stacks from your friend. They will need to be
- converted. Do this by getting HyperCard 2.0 or 2.1 loaded from
- the sources you mentioned. Then, pull down the file menu, and
- select "Convert a stack" (This command only appears on stacks
- that are earlier than 2.0 and show a lock at the right of the
- menu bar at the top of the screen. HOWEVER, once it is
- converted to 2.0 or better, it cannot be reconverted down to
- 1.2 so only do this on a copy, unless you are positive that you
- will not need the orginal). One reason to go for these stacks
- is for the clip art that can be copied and pasted into your own
- work.
-
- The functional stacks like the Address and Phone Dialer will
- work ok, I think, but don't have the improvements that are
- offered in the newer ones in the Developers Kit.
-
- Hope that helps. My opinions only, of course. Others may give
- different advice.
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