beard@ux1.lbl.gov (Patrick C Beard) (09/23/88)
I have written an XCMD, called BitManager, that accepts various commands such as "Open", "Close", "Display", and "Scroll". Its purpose is to display MacPaint files, which are 576 by 720 pixels, too large to fit on a HyperCard card all at once, and provide scrolling and general utility to HyperCard. I wrote this to allow me to use HyperCard as a more or less general graphics database. I have also written XCMD's for displaying gray level images on a card, but since HyperCard can't process these images itself, it is less useful. The limitation to one screen full of graphics per card makes HyperCard kind of a pain to keep track of graphics that comes from one of the Paint programs, but I have solved this problem. What I was wondering was, does anybody have any interest in this XCMD, and would anybody like to use it in his work? I'd like to hear from you if so. Patrick Beard Lawrence Berkeley Laboratory beard@ux1.lbl.gov
marc@rna.UUCP (Marc Johnson) (09/23/88)
In article <993@helios.ee.lbl.gov< beard@ux1.lbl.gov (Patrick C Beard) writes:
<I have written an XCMD, called BitManager, that accepts various commands
<such as "Open", "Close", "Display", and "Scroll". Its purpose is to
<display MacPaint files, which are 576 by 720 pixels, too large to fit
<on a HyperCard card all at once, and provide scrolling and general utility
<to HyperCard. I wrote this to allow me to use HyperCard as a more or less
<general graphics database. I have also written XCMD's for displaying
<gray level images on a card, but since HyperCard can't process these images
<itself, it is less useful. The limitation to one screen full of graphics
<per card makes HyperCard kind of a pain to keep track of graphics that comes
<from one of the Paint programs, but I have solved this problem.
<
<What I was wondering was, does anybody have any interest in this XCMD, and
<would anybody like to use it in his work? I'd like to hear from you if so.
<
<Patrick Beard
<Lawrence Berkeley Laboratory
<beard@ux1.lbl.gov
By all means! Why not post it to the newsgroup?
Marc Johnson
Rockefeller Univ.
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