[comp.sys.mac.hypercard] Additional new features wandted for HC 2.1

TJACOBS@cc.utah.edu (10/16/90)

** Flowing text fields
I would like to be able to have fields flow text from one to another. 
Additionally it would be desireable to  have a background field that is non-
scrolling flow text from one card to the next. Kind of like a mix between the
shareded field and the flowed text option. This would make it possible to do
pagelayout kind of things.
	
** Save globals property
I would like a property to allow saving globals with the stack so that they
would be re loaded upon startup. Sure I can do this myself in scripts but it
can be a real hastle.

** Preview Backgrounds (Report Background?)
I would like to be able to view information from other cards all summarized on
a single card just like the report formats allow you to do. The background
would simply have a particular report associated with it and it would be
created and edited with the very same report tools, only instead of the output
going to a printer, it appears on this special background. What I really want
is to be able to see and manipulate the data from other cards on the screen
just as it appears on the page when printed out from a report. This would put
HyperCard up to par with other database applications which let you display
data in a "list" format.


I just know I have some other ideas rolling around in my head somewhere. When
I find them, I will pass them along.

Tony Jacobs
Center for Engineering Design
University of Utah