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- From: tron@apple.com (Tantek Celik)
- Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.hypercard
- Subject: Re: 2 hypertext questions
- Message-ID: <tron-260892131452@kip-14.apple.com>
- Date: 26 Aug 92 20:23:01 GMT
- References: <35944@arctic.nprdc.navy.mil>
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- In article <35944@arctic.nprdc.navy.mil>, rlarkin@nprdc.navy.mil (Robert
- Larkin) wrote:
- >
- > Forgive me if these questions are obvious.
- >
- > 1.) I have created a very large stack to display digitized video on a
- > 19" Display (1152x882 pixels per card), and the response time to
- > button or field clicks is EXTREMELY SLOW. I thought I could speed
- > it up some by compacting the stack, but have not been able to because
- > "resources are in use." Most of the scripting was done on the common
- > background of the cards. Can you give me any ideas on how to speed
- > up this stack. Keep in mind, there is a lot of serial I/O, digitized
- > video, and QuickTime calls taking place.
- >
-
- Are you 'using' the stack in your script chain? If so, to compact the
- stack you might try
-
- -- note: these are hypertalk commands
- stop using stack (the short name of this stack)
- doMenu "Compact Stack"
- start using stack (the short name of this stack)
-
-
- But to solve your real problem, you might try optimizing some of your
- scripts into XCMDs/XFCNs.
-
-
-
- > 2.) How do you make the text of a background field show on all its cards?
- >
-
- note: these you do yourself
- if you're using < HC2.0 then it can't really be done, although it can be
- faked
- else
- click in the field
- select "Select All" from the Edit menu
- select "Copy Text" from the Edit menu
- Select "Field Info..." from the Objects menu
- click the "Shared Text" checkbox
- select "Background" from the Edit menu
- click in the field
- select "Paste Text" from the Edit menu
- select "Background" from the Edit menu
- end if
-
- >
- > Robert G. Larkin II
- > Cognitive Scientist
-
- tron@apple.com
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