daniel@lamont.ldgo.columbia.edu (04/06/91)
Hello, I just purchased an upgrade to Hypercard 2.0 through MacWharehouse. Then I thumbed through the catalog again and found something called the Hypercard 2.0 Development Kit. I got the upgrade so that I could do scripting, but now I hear that there is a crippled version of Hypercard out there that doesn't allow scripting. Did I just buy the wrong item? Do I need that developers kit to script? I haven't received the upgrade yet, so I can't check this out for myself. Sorry if this is a frequently asked question in this group, but I'd appreciate it if someone would clue me in to what's going on with Hypercard 2.0. I knew this was going to be a bad day when I punched myself in the nose this morning. Dan Quoidbach daniel@lamont.ldgo.columbia.edu
Jim.Spencer@p510.f22.n282.z1.mn.org (Jim Spencer) (04/07/91)
Unknown writes in a message to All U> I just purchased an upgrade to Hypercard 2.0 through MacWharehouse. U> Then I thumbed through the catalog again and found something U> called the Hypercard 2.0 Development Kit. I got the upgrade so U> that I could do scripting, but now I hear that there is a crippled U> version of Hypercard out there that doesn't allow scripting. U> Did I just buy the wrong item? Do I need that developers kit U> to script? I haven't received the upgrade yet, so I can't check U> this out for myself. Sorry if this is a frequently asked question U> in this group, but I'd appreciate it if someone would clue me U> in to what's going on with Hypercard 2.0. Relax, you didn't buy the wrong thing. The only difference between the "upgrade" and the Developer Kit is basically the documentation: the later has some more manuals primarily geared to the new HyperCard author. Nor are there any real "crippled" versions of HyperCard 2.0. The Home stack that comes with new Mac's has its user level set so that it doesn't permit scripting and an invisible button covering the checkboxes to change the user level. Typing "magic" in the message box or "set user level to 5" followed by deleting this button makes even these versions fully functional.