dmittman@beowulf.JPL.NASA.GOV (David Mittman) (11/21/90)
May I suggest that we start a HyperCard Trivia subject thread for the amusement of HyperCard 2.0 and 1.x users? I submit the following, pleading ignorance if it has already been documented in Goodman's book, or other sources. Triviata #1: About HyperCard... (2.0) When choosen without modifiers, the About HyperCard... menu item displays the randomly chosen name of a member of the development team. When choosen while holding the Command key, the About HyperCard... item displays the name our hero, Kevin Calhoun. Not to be outdone, you too can have *your* name in lights! Choose About HyperCard... while depressing the Option key, and voila, the Chooser name appears! <end Triviata #1> Another, non-trivial, question deserving another subject line. I have succeeded in creating a card 1280x1280 by boosting HyperCard's memory partition to 4096K. I then put the partition size back to 2MB, and reloaded the 1280x1280 stack. It displayed, (or seemed to), but the "resize" button was dimmed in the Stack Info dialog. Anyone care to explain this? What is the max card size? - David Mittman DMittman@Beowulf.JPL.NASA.GOV
jkc@Apple.COM (John Kevin Calhoun) (11/21/90)
In article <10485@jpl-devvax.JPL.NASA.GOV> dmittman@beowulf.JPL.NASA.GOV (David Mittman) writes: >I have succeeded in creating a card 1280x1280 by boosting >HyperCard's memory partition to 4096K. I then put the partition >size back to 2MB, and reloaded the 1280x1280 stack. It displayed, >(or seemed to), but the "resize" button was dimmed in the Stack >Info dialog. Anyone care to explain this? What is the max card >size? The maximum card size is, in fact, 1280 by 1280 pixels. However, HyperCard 2.0 won't let you create a card that's larger than you have memory available to view. And if you try to view an existing card that's too large to fit entirely in memory, we display it in a "standard-sized" window, 512x342 pixels. When we do this, there are several restrictions on editing -- for example, you can't use the paint tools and you can't resize the card. You can scroll around to see the entire card, and typing and browsing still work as usual. Kevin Calhoun HyperCard Team Apple Computer, Inc.
ldo@waikato.ac.nz (Lawrence D'Oliveiro, Waikato University) (11/21/90)
I don't know if this is mentioned anywhere else, but if you hold the option key down while doing a "Copy Card", the PICT item in the Clipboard will contain a full-size card image, rather than a miniature one. There's a button in the "Readymade Buttons" stack that illustrates this, as well as showing you a pretty hairy technique for selecting a menu item with a modifier key. And what could this be useful for? Can you say "custom visual effects"...? Lawrence D'Oliveiro fone: +64-71-562-889 Computer Services Dept fax: +64-71-384-066 University of Waikato electric mail: ldo@waikato.ac.nz Hamilton, New Zealand 37^ 47' 26" S, 175^ 19' 7" E, GMT+13:00 To someone with a hammer and a screwdriver, every problem looks like a nail with threads.
leonardr@svc.portal.com (11/27/90)
In article <2324.274ac85a@waikato.ac.nz> ldo@waikato.ac.nz (Lawrence D'Oliveiro, Waikato University) writes: >I don't know if this is mentioned anywhere else, but if you hold >the option key down while doing a "Copy Card", the PICT item in >the Clipboard will contain a full-size card image, rather than >a miniature one. > >And what could this be useful for? Can you say "custom visual effects"...? > Although it would be wonderful if you COULD implement custom effects, but the problem is NOT getting the picture of the CURRENT card, but the picture/image of the NEXT card to be shown. I would LOVE to see the guys at Apple give us an XCMD callback for this as I have some wonderful visual effects (all of the HC & MM Director, and then some) that would be great in HC, but can't use them. (If it helps you move faster, Kevin, the guys at Silicon Beach/Aldus are ;-) -- ---------------------------------------------------------------------- + Leonard Rosenthol | Internet: leonardr@sv.portal.com + + Software Ventures | GEnie: MACgician + + MicroPhone II Development Team | AOL: MACgician1 +
jkc@Apple.COM (John Kevin Calhoun) (11/28/90)
In article <1990Nov27.031203.7652@svc.portal.com> leonardr@svc.portal.com writes: >(If it helps you move faster, Kevin, the guys at Silicon Beach/Aldus >are ;-) Well, I think the guy to talk to about this would be Bill Duvall, the new director of HyperCard development at Claris. Maybe we can convince him to set up a mailing address to which we can all send requests and suggestions. Kevin Calhoun HyperCard Team Apple Computer, Inc.