[comp.sys.mac.hypercard] Hypercard 2.0--Multiple button &field selection?

bparsia@eagle.wesleyan.edu (09/29/90)

Guess the title says it all. Will we be able to group/multiply select
buttons/fields for cutting, pasting, etc.

(I *know* there is a utility [free, too] that does this ['groupies'--and I
believe it is written entirely in HyperTalk], but I want elegant, embedded
power, I want the speed and the ease. But if i don't get it, that's ok too)

Bijan J. Parsia

leonardr@svc.portal.com (Leonard Rosenthol) (10/01/90)

In article <1990Sep28.203052.33699@eagle.wesleyan.edu>,
bparsia@eagle.wesleyan.edu write:
> Guess the title says it all. Will we be able to group/multiply select
> buttons/fields for cutting, pasting, etc.
> 
	Yes and no...Hypercard 2.0 itself does not provide this capability, but
one of the stacks that may come with it (came with mine at least) is called
'Power Tools' and includes the 2.0 equivalent of Groupies.  Taking advantage
of the new features of HC 2.0 (especially palettes and 'Start Using') you
can have the 'groupies' palette available at all times...Works quite nicely.

Leonard Rosenthol
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Leonard Rosenthol
Software Ventures Corp.
MicroPhone II Development Team