jr@amanue.UUCP (Jim Rosenberg) (05/20/91)
I have the feeling this is a FAQ; if so, please pardon. I haven't had much
time for the net lately.
My stacks are distributed in the arts community. The people I want to give
them to often don't know what HyperCard is -- often they don't even know they
have it! So they *surely* cannot be expected to upgrade software such as
HyperCard in a timely manner. Hell, *I* haven't even upgraded yet. So I
*must* be able to support users who are running old versions of HyperCard and
and old versions of System. On the other hand, I would like to upgrade myself
-- and System 7 some day might be nice too. :-)
How does one go about staying current with HyperCard and still supporting
users who run old versions? How can one run both 1.x *and* 2.x? How can one
export a stack from 2.x back to 1.x, given that it uses no features that are in
2.x that aren't in 1.x?
Surely this must be a common problem for stack developers, & I'd like to hear
whatever comments people have for how they've handled this.
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In article <501@amanue.UUCP> jr@amanue.UUCP (Jim Rosenberg) writes: >How does one go about staying current with HyperCard and still supporting >users who run old versions? How can one run both 1.x *and* 2.x? How can one >export a stack from 2.x back to 1.x, given that it uses no features that are in >2.x that aren't in 1.x? The conversion from 1.x to 2.0 format is one-way. However, Heizer Software has a product out called Unconvert that purports to convert a 2.0 stack back to 1.x format, assuming it does not use any 2.0-specific features. I haven't used it myself, but it may be worth looking into. -- ========= jeanne a. e. devoto ======================================== jdevoto@apple.com | You may not distribute this article under a jdevoto@well.sf.ca.us | compilation copyright without my permission. ______________________________________________________________________ Apple Computer and I are not authorized | CI$: 72411,165 to speak for each other. |