Peter.Cook@f421.n109.z1.fidonet.org (Peter Cook) (03/09/91)
Can anyone tell me if there is a way to bring an object-oriented color
graphic, created in MacDraw II, into HyperCard 2.0? If necessary, I
could convert it to a bitmap, but I need to retain the color. Thanks
for any help you can offer.
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blkcat.fidonet.org and Fidonet 1:109/401robertw@informix.com (Robert Weinberg) (03/12/91)
In article <3877.27D8C0A9@blkcat.fidonet.org> Peter.Cook@f421.n109.z1.fidonet.org (Peter Cook) writes: >Can anyone tell me if there is a way to bring an object-oriented color >graphic, created in MacDraw II, into HyperCard 2.0? If necessary, I >could convert it to a bitmap, but I need to retain the color. Thanks >for any help you can offer. You should be able to do this with the Picture command. You can store a color PICT on the clipboard or as a PICT resource in the stack and use the Picture command to display it in many different ways. See the "Power Tools" stack that comes with the 5-disk release of HC2.0x for complete syntax. I've done this with B&W PICTs but not color. -- * Rob Weinberg, graphics & publishing ***** Does a falling tree make a sound * * {uunet,pyramid}!infmx!robertw ***** if 1: no one hears it * * => Ask me about me. ***** BUT 2: it is not known that * * => Ask Informix about Informix. ***** no one hears it? *
Peter.Cook@f421.n109.z1.Fidonet.Org (Peter Cook) (03/12/91)
>Can anyone tell me if there is a way to bring an object-oriented color >graphic, created in MacDraw II, into HyperCard 2.0? If necessary, I RW> You should be able to do this with the Picture command. You can RW> store a color PICT on the clipboard or as a PICT resource in the RW> stack and use the Picture command to display it in many different RW> ways. See the "Power Tools" stack that comes with the 5-disk release RW> of HC2.0x for complete syntax. RW> I've done this with B&W PICTs but not color. Thanks for your help. That's _almost_ what we want to do. Can the Picture command display an existing PICT graphic that was created in MacDraw II without having to copy it to the clipboard? * Origin: Twilight Clone: Macintosh - 301-946-8677 - 10 lines (1:109/421)
leue@galen.crd.ge.com (Bill Leue) (03/13/91)
In article <668797214.1@blkcat.Fidonet.Org> Peter.Cook@f421.n109.z1.Fidonet.Org (Peter Cook) writes: >>Can anyone tell me if there is a way to bring an object-oriented color >>graphic, created in MacDraw II, into HyperCard 2.0? If necessary, I > >Thanks for your help. That's _almost_ what we want to do. Can the >Picture command display an existing PICT graphic that was created in >MacDraw II without having to copy it to the clipboard? > > * Origin: Twilight Clone: Macintosh - 301-946-8677 - 10 lines (1:109/421) I wrote a short stack to do exactly the thing you`re trying to do; namely, display MacDraw II images saved in PICT II (color) format. In my application, I was not trying to write a "browser" that could open any old PICT file -- I only wanted to display one from a limited, fixed collection of images. To build this small image library, I used the Clipboard in MacDraw II to import the PICT's into ResEdit 2.1, in which I converted the PICT's into standard PICT resource form, and then used Steve Maller's ResCopier Stack to import them into my stack. I then used the Picture command with the 'resource' argument to fetch the images directly from the resource fork of the stack and display them. You can also use the Picture command with a filename argument, I believe. See the "Hypertalk 2.0: The Book" or the Claris Hypertalk reference manual for more details. There are a lot of interesting options to use with the Picture command. -Bill Leue leue@crd.ge.com
Peter.Cook@f421.n109.z1.Fidonet.Org (Peter Cook) (03/13/91)
BL> I wrote a short stack to do exactly the thing you`re trying to do; BL> namely, display MacDraw II images saved in PICT II (color) format. BL> In my application, I was not trying to write a "browser" that could BL> open any old PICT file -- I only wanted to display one from a limited, BL> fixed collection of images. To build this small image library, I used BL> the Clipboard in MacDraw II to import the PICT's into ResEdit 2.1, in BL> which I converted the PICT's into standard PICT resource form, and the BL> used Steve Maller's ResCopier Stack to import them into my stack. I BL> then used the Picture command with the 'resource' argument to fetch BL> the images directly from the resource fork of the stack and display th Thanks for the informative message. The more I think about it, the more I think I'm going to recommend using PICT resources rather than fetching external PICT files. That will make the package self-contained and more transportable. * Origin: Twilight Clone: Macintosh - 301-946-8677 - 10 lines (1:109/421)