IRV.KANODE@f53.n114.z1.fidonet.org (IRV KANODE) (03/29/90)
In an article on 3/28/90 pevans@umd5.umd.edu writes: >We are currently investigating different ways of capturing data while >people are using HyperCard stacks. Ideally we would like to capture >everything that happens i.e. key strokes and mouseclicks and store >this with a time stamp. The exact scripting you need depends upon your HyperCard stack. However, it is easy to do about 80% of what you probably need done. Following are simple scripts to track various events. The event tracking field is a bg field named "Events". Timing is done in "ticks" (1/60 second). Create a stack with a card field named "Text", a background field named "Events", and a button (name doesn't matter). Put the following scripts in the Text field, the button, and the stack. ---Track Mouse in Field, and Changes to a Fields Contents (The field is named "Text" and this is the field script.) on mouseEnter global StartingTicksVariable, FldOneVariable put the ticks into StartingTicksVariable put cd fld Text into FldOneVariable end mouseEnter on MouseLeave global StartingTicksVariable, FldOneVariable put the ticks into EndingTicksVariable put the short name of me & " " after bg fld Events --identify field put EndingTicksVariable - StartingTicksVariable after bg fld Events --Log the number of ticks the mouse was in the field If cd fld Text FldOneVariable then --If the field was changed, log the new contents put " " & cd fld Text & RETURN after bg fld Events else put RETURN after bg fld Events end if end mouseLeave =================================== -- Uucp: ...{gatech,ames,rutgers}!ncar!asuvax!stjhmc!53!IRV.KANODE Internet: IRV.KANODE@f53.n114.z1.fidonet.org