suhler@im4u.UUCP (Paul A. Suhler) (12/20/87)
The question of what is HyperCard good for reminded me of a demo I saw at a HyperCard expo that Apple sponsored here last month. One of the demos was a stack that was a front end for a commercial dial-up database. (I don't remember which one.) The point was to substitute clicking on buttons for entering command strings. The main card, as I remember, looked like a library card catalog, with each drawer representing one of the major subdivisions of the database. I suppose that this representation was recursive on the levels in the hierarchy. Has anyone else heard of any similar use of HyperCard as a front end? -- Paul Suhler suhler@im4u.UTEXAS.EDU 512-474-9517/471-3903
rbl@nitrex.UUCP ( Dr. Robin Lake ) (12/23/87)
In article <2468@im4u.UUCP> suhler@im4u.UUCP (Paul A. Suhler) writes: >The question of what is HyperCard good for reminded me of a demo I >saw at a HyperCard expo that Apple sponsored here last month. One >of the demos was a stack that was a front end for a commercial >dial-up database. (I don't remember which one.) The point was >to substitute clicking on buttons for entering command strings. > >The main card, as I remember, looked like a library card catalog, >with each drawer representing one of the major subdivisions of the >database. I suppose that this representation was recursive on the >levels in the hierarchy. > >Has anyone else heard of any similar use of HyperCard as a front end? >-- >Paul Suhler suhler@im4u.UTEXAS.EDU 512-474-9517/471-3903 I've not heard of it, but have plans to implement user-friendly front-ends to some of our more user-hostile software packages by using HyperCard. The problem is: How do I treat an incoming ASCII serial string thru the modem port as input to HyperCard? Can I create a HyperCard event on each RETURN? Will I need an external software interfacing program or can I use what is already in HyperCard??? 216-581-5976 -- Rob Lake {decvax,ihnp4!cbosgd}!mandrill!nitrex!rbl