chris@trumpet.cit.cornell.edu (12/05/90)
Under the old version of HyperCard while you were running in multifinder on a 9" screen, when you went to another program, HyperCard hit itself so you could actually see the other program. HyperCard 2.0 doesn't appear to do this which is a pain when you have a small screen. Any suggestions on this? ------------------------------------------------------------------ Chris Stuart Workstation Technologies 215 CCC Cornell University Ithaca, New York 14853 chris@trumpet.cit.cornell.edu (607) 255-8304 ------------------------------------------------------------------ --
clarson@ux.acs.umn.edu (Chaz Larson) (12/06/90)
In article <1990Dec5.154718.9314@trumpet.cit.cornell.edu> chris@trumpet.cit.cornell.edu writes: |Under the old version of HyperCard while you were running in multifinder |on a 9" screen, when you went to another program, HyperCard hit itself so |you could actually see the other program. HyperCard 2.0 doesn't appear |to do this which is a pain when you have a small screen. Any suggestions |on this? Sure; put the following into your home stack script. on suspend hide card window end suspend on resume show card window end resume Personally, I view this as a feature. Now, if I don't want the card window to be hidden on my SE/30 it doesn't have to be. chaz -- Someone please release me from this trance. clarson@ux.acs.umn.edu AOL:Crowbone
jdevoto@Apple.COM (Jeanne A. E. DeVoto) (12/06/90)
In article <1990Dec5.154718.9314@trumpet.cit.cornell.edu> chris@trumpet.cit.cornell.edu writes: >Under the old version of HyperCard while you were running in multifinder >on a 9" screen, when you went to another program, HyperCard hit itself so >you could actually see the other program. HyperCard 2.0 doesn't appear >to do this which is a pain when you have a small screen. Any suggestions >on this? The basic idea you need is "the suspended", a new 2.0 global property. Under 2.0, the suspended is set to true whenever HyperCard is in the background. A basic handler would be on idle if the suspended is true then hide card window else show card window end idle Of course, you may want to get fancier (take multiple windows into account, refrain from hiding if the right edge of the window is far enough over to expose the Finder's icon row, etc.). But this gives the general idea. -- ========= 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. |
chris@trumpet.cit.cornell.edu (12/07/90)
Below is my original question and Chaz's response. It does work if you are "opening" a new application, but doesn't if you just choose an already running application under multifinder. Does anyone know what messages get sent when you choose another application running under Multifinder. Someone else suggested using multifinder 6.1b9 with the "put aside..." option but there should be some way of doing it without that. Unless apple wasn't thinking about 9" screens running multifinder. >In article <1990Dec5.154718.9314@trumpet.cit.cornell.edu> chris@trumpet.cit.cornell.edu writes: >|Under the old version of HyperCard while you were running in multifinder >|on a 9" screen, when you went to another program, HyperCard hit itself so >|you could actually see the other program. HyperCard 2.0 doesn't appear >|to do this which is a pain when you have a small screen. Any suggestions >|on this? >Sure; put the following into your home stack script. >on suspend > hide card window >end suspend >on resume > show card window >end resume >Personally, I view this as a feature. Now, if I don't want the card window to >be hidden on my SE/30 it doesn't have to be. >chaz >-- >Someone please release me from this trance. >clarson@ux.acs.umn.edu AOL:Crowbone --
Barry.Chern@p4.f200.n226.z1.FIDONET.ORG (Barry Chern) (12/09/90)
chris writes in a message on 05 Dec 90...
chris writes in a message on 05 Dec 90...
C> Under the old version of HyperCard while you were running in
C> multifinder on a 9" screen, when you went to another program,
C> HyperCard hit itself so you could actually see the other program.
C> HyperCard 2.0 doesn't appear to do this which is a pain when
C> you have a small screen. Any suggestions on this
you can cause the open stack window to disappear with the following script:
on idle
if the the suspended = the visible of card window then set ~
the visible of card window to not(the visible of card window)
pass idle
end idle
("~" being used as the option-return character)
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